Panel advising the cabinet in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic bases recommendation on study showing 4th vaccine provides 3 to 5 times more protection from serious illness

Health Ministry says 845 people hospitalized in serious condition with virus complications, 117 on ventilators; After 14 die on Monday death toll stands on 8,487

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Ministry claims Israel at peak of Omicron wave as hospitals report surge in serious illness and deaths; currently more than half a million people actively ill with COVID

Number of patients in serious condition soars to highest point in almost a year; vaccinated patients over 60 are 6.7 times less likely to develop severe illness than their unvaccinated compatriots while vaccinated under 60s are three times more protected