Israel to offer coronavirus booster jab to over-60s

A man receives his second Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine from a Magen David Adom national emergency service volunteer at a private nursing home, in Ramat Gan, Israel (Oded Balilty/AP)

Israel’s prime minister has announced that the country will offer a coronavirus booster jab to people over 60 who have already been vaccinated.

The announcement by Naftali Bennett makes Israel, which launched one of the world’s most successful vaccination drives early this year, the first country to offer a third dose of a Western vaccine to its citizens on a wide scale.