Plans of the Biden administration include vaccinating workers in high-risk occupations and sending shots to pharmacies that have partnerships with the White House
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Kan called the Israeli approach “very strict,” given clear evidence that the vaccines dramatically lower infections.
The issue is likely to come to the fore in a few weeks during the Passover holiday, when families traditionally gather for large, festive Seder meals. Last year’s holiday was celebrated under Israel’s first and tightest coronavirus lockdown, with many people forced to celebrate alone.
Channel 12 news reported, without citing a source, that Health Ministry officials have started discussions on whether to make it easier for families to gather.
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein told Channel 12 on Sunday that he hoped families would be able to celebrate Passover together at the end of the month.
Fully vaccinated people can gather without masks, CDC says
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FILE - Medical Assistant Keona Shepard holds up the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as she prepares to administer it at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center during the mass coronavirus vaccination in New Orleans, in this Thursday, March 4, 2021, file photo. (Chris Granger/The Advocate via AP, File)
FILE - In this March 2, 2021, file photo, Vanessa Guerra, at right, a special education teacher at Grant Elementary School in Hollywood, receives a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Kelly Mendoza at a site for employees of the Los Angeles school district in the parking lot of SOFI Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. Cities and states are rapidly expanding access to vaccines as the nation races to head off a resurgence in coronavirus infections and reopen schools and businesses battered by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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