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Israel started giving coronavirus vaccine to children aged 5-11
TEL AVIV, Israel – Israel began administering the coronavirus vaccine to children aged 5 to 11 on Tuesday.
The country recently emerged from a fourth wave of COVID, and daily infections have been relatively low in recent weeks. But statistics from the Ministry of Health show that a large proportion of new infections are among children and adolescents.
Children aged 5 to 11 represent almost half of active cases. Officials hope the new vaccination campaign will help bring the numbers down and possibly avert another wave.
Israeli media reported low demand for the photos on the first day they were available for this age group. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was due to accompany his son David, 9, later Tuesday to get his vaccine in an effort to encourage parents to get their children vaccinated.
Israel, which has a population of more than 9 million, has recorded more than 1.3 million infections since the start of the pandemic and more than 8,100 deaths.
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