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ISRAEL SEES WANING CORONAVIRUS VACCINE EFFECTIVENESS

By Bloomberg News Bloomberg,Updated August 1, 2021, 3:03 p.m.
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Half of the infections in Israel now are among the fully vaccinated, and public
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said Sharon Alroy-Preis, the nation’s Director of Public Health Services.

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