U.S. drugmaker and its German partner BioNTech say children ages 5 to 11 developed coronavirus-fighting antibody levels just as strong as teens and young adults after receiving 2 doses of the vaccine; aim to request emergency use authorization

Leading physician says sparsity of life-saving machine could force medical teams to prioritize saving some patients over others; Health Ministry: number of ECMO patients nearing peaks of previous wave, before vaccines

Sharon Alroy-Preis says decision to continue offering the booster to the wider population despite FDA recommendation, based on reduced efficacy observed during surge of cases caused by Delta variant of virus

Health Ministry says out of 708 patients currently hospitalized in severe condition, 473 appear to be unvaccinated; since the start of September, more than 158,700 coronavirus cases have been diagnosed in Israel