UK Health Security Agency identifies more than 400 cases of the latest COVID sub-strain, dubbed BA.2, which has been detected in some 40 other countries, with a sharp rise being recorded in India and Demark

Since start of this year, over 1,000 kindergartens were closed as a result of manpower shortages, while parents and Israeli teachers' organizations reject Education Ministry's proposal for asymptomatic COVID-positive personnel to keep working

Health Ministry says preliminary analysis of study conducted by Weizmann Institute, Hebrew University and Sheba Medical Center also shows for elderly, 4th jab provides twice the protection against infection compared to only 3 jabs