About 90% of the new COVID-19 infections in Israel were caused by the CCP’s virus’s Delta variant, officials stated. They also added that about 50% of the adults infected in the recent outbreak were fully vaccinated.
Ran Balicer, who leads an expert advisory board and panel for the Israeli government, is announced the findings on Friday, and said the country might end up implementing another lockdown after opening up earlier this year, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The fully vaccinated individuals were inoculated with the Pfizer COVID-19 jab commonly used in Israel.
“The entrance of the delta variant has changed the transition dynamics,” he noted, referring to the B.1.617.2 strain of COVID-19 that has now been detected in more than 70 countries. COVID-19 is the illness caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, otherwise known as the novel coronavirus.
New cases of the virus rose to more than 200 on Thursday from around 10 per day in most of June, officials said.
On Friday, Israeli authorities told residents they must again to wear masks indoors, Reuters reported.
The health ministry reimposed the mask requirement for all indoor settings except the home, and said it was also recommending masks be worn at large outdoor gatherings, specifically mentioning gay pride events taking place around Israel this weekend. Yes, we’re also shocked these events are taking place in Israel with such a large population of Islamic believers who do major harm to LGBTQ in that region of the world.
Some 55 percent of Israel’s 9.3 million population have received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine, officials said. Eligibility was extended to 12- to 15-year-olds in May.
“Our goal at the moment, first and foremost, is to safeguard the citizens of Israel from the Delta variant that is running amok in the world,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday, reported the WSJ.
The reimposition of the country’s mask mandate and potentially a new lockdown is sure to prompt questions about the general effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines—and amid reports of so-called “breakthrough” cases in recent weeks.
Earlier this month, for example, nearly 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts tested positive for the CCP virus, according to health officials in the state.
“We’re learning that many of the breakthrough infections are asymptomatic or they’re very mild and brief in duration,” said Boston University infectious diseases specialist Davidson Hamer, the Boston Herald reported. “The viral load is not very high.”
“Breakthroughs are expected, and we need to better understand who’s at risk and whether people who have a breakthrough can transmit the virus to others,” Hamer said. “In some cases, they’ll be shedding such low levels of the virus and won’t be transmitting to others.”
And on April 30, the CDC reported that some 10,626 breakthrough cases were reported in 46 states and territories.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says on its website that COVID-19 vaccines should work against the Delta strain as well as other COVID-19 variants.
Thanks to our friends at The Epoch Times for contributing to this article.
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