Israel’s ‘vax, don’t lock down’ policy was working. Then along came Delta

Now vaccine poster-boy nation is giving jabs to kids and tightening borders as world watches to see what happens next

01 July 2021 - 20:10 By Zev Chafets

In his inaugural speech to the Israeli parliament, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed an impressively detailed list of the challenges his ruling coalition faces. Only one issue went unmentioned: the fight against Covid-19. As far as the prime minister and public were concerned, the pandemic was over, the virus vanquished by Israel’s world-leading vaccination campaign...

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