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 Israel expanded vaccine eligibility to include adolescents last
month. Infections have fallen off sharply in recent weeks.
Vaccination turnout has largely flatlined at around 55% of the 9.3
million overall population having received both shots, implying that
adults have largely stopped getting vaccinated.
But COVID-19 recurrences were logged at two schools last week,
contributing to a rise in the daily test positivity rate from a
rolling one-month average of 0.1% to 0.3% on Saturday and 0.6% on
Monday, Health Ministry data showed.
The ministry will probably issue a recommendation that 12- to
15-year-olds get vaccinated, having previously left the matter up to
the parents' preference, said Nachman Ash, the national pandemic
response coordinator.
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 "I think that would certainly
be correct at this stage, when we see an
outbreak of the Delta variant in the country,"
he told Tel Aviv radio station 103 FM.
"We should not wait for higher numbers. We have
seen there were quite a few children infected
over the last week."
Separately, Israeli officials said they were
considering the imposition of fines for parents
whose unvaccinated children do not self-isolate
upon coming into the country from abroad, as
required.
(Writing by Dan Williams; Editing by Mark
Heinrich)
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