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Israeli demonstrators hold masks depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, right, during a protest against a parliamentary vote to dissolve the Knesset, in Tel Aviv, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Just a few days ago, Israel appeared to be on a fast track to dispersing the Knesset and holding new elections, but a Knesset filibuster engineered by Likud on Tuesday resulted in postponement of a vote on dispersal to next week, according to media reports.
The vote on a bill backed by Likud’s own coalition partners, the Blue and White party, had been scheduled for as early as Tuesday.
Vials of the experimental COVID-19 vaccine from the Israel Institute for Biological Research.
Israelâs Health Ministry has approved the start of the second phase of clinical trials for the Israel Institute for Biological Researchâs (IIBR) COVID-19 vaccine, following the successful completion of the first phase, according to a Defense Ministry statement.
The second-phase trial, which will involve testing some 1,000 healthy volunteers aged 18 and over, is expected to begin in the coming days. In this phase, scientists aim to determine safety, efficacy and dosages. Its success will enable a large-scale trial with the participation of up to 30,000 volunteers (Phase 3) in Israel and/or abroad.
US Rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Begins
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Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse at New York s Long Island Jewish Medical Center, was among the first Americans to receive the initial dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning, multiple outlets reported. /
Dr. Jehan GiGi El-Bayoumi, professor of medicine and founding director of the Rodham Institute at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences; and
Dr. Yolandra Hancock, a board-certified pediatrician and obesity medicine specialist, come together to discuss health care workers throughout the US getting the country s first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine outside of clinical trials on Monday. The vaccine, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech and the first to be approved for use in the US, was shipped out in vials Sunday, with nursing home
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13th November 2020
What happened: Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz visited Nicosia yesterday and agreed to set up military cooperation with Greece and Cyprus.
Following the third meeting of the Trilateral Defence Dialogue between the three countries, Gantz said: “We have agreed to advance our military-to-military partnership, solidified our work plan for collaboration in 2021, which will include our fourth annual trilateral summit, this time in Israel. We’ve also promoted large scale industry cooperation that will bolster our defence abilities and create thousands of jobs for all three economies.”
He added: “I am personally committed to promoting our defence and state ties even further. I believe that our advanced technologies, fast testing, and good relations can help us quickly restart the regular thriving tourism and economic cooperation between our countries. I intend to allocate the resources needed to put our coll