Officials said concerned of outbreak during Passover holiday; daily cases on course to surpass 30,000 next week; first case of BA.3 Omicron strain identified in country
State to offer financial incentives to HMOs, which will contact those age 60-plus who have yet to receive three doses, deploy mobile clinics and offer at-home inoculations to some
13,603 new infections recorded as serious cases remain steady; Health Ministry director: We believe past Omicron infection protects against BA.2; Likud's Steinitz tests positive
Health officials express concern ahead of Passover that serious cases will begin climbing, pointing to BA.2 subvariant and fewer precautions as promoting virus spread
Cases spreading fast in Omicron bellwether UK, where some 1 in 30 of people age 70-plus had virus in one week. Israel should be concerned — but has an edge in rules and vaccines
Daily new cases continue to hover around 7,000; serious cases appear to stabilize, with 326 hospitalized in severe condition and 133 connected to ventilators
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