Israel starts third COVID jab for elderly

RAMAT GAN—Israel launched a campaign Friday to give COVID-19 booster shots to over 60s. Kicking off the campaign, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, 60, received a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv. “We are beginning the booster vaccination” so that life in Israel can return to “normal” as soon as possible, Herzog said after the injection. About 55 percent of its 9 million population has been double vaccinated, most with the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.