As Israel Covid instances spike, individuals advised to ‘cease embracing’, aged urged to get booster

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Elderly Israelis wait to receive their third shot of the Pfizer vaccine at a nursing home in Netanya on Sunday.

Jerusalem
CNN
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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is warning that Israelis over 60 are at risk unless they go get their third booster shot immediately.

In a recorded audio message meant to be forwarded to friends and family, Bennett said that in the next two to three weeks anyone who is over the age of 60 and has not yet received their third vaccine is six times more likely to become seriously ill from the coronavirus, compared to those who are five days past their third shot.

Bennett warned that all those over the age of 60 take extreme caution until they get their third dose, including not being in crowded places, and only seeing their grandchildren outside and masked.

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