UK reports 33,074 new cases and 94 deaths – as it happened
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Israeli Health Ministry experts recommended on Thursday dropping from 60 to 50 the minimum age of eligibility for a Covid-19 vaccine booster, hoping to curb a rise in Delta variant infections.
The advisory panel's move, which followed a call by the prime minister Naftali Bennett to expand Israel's booster campaign, still has to be approved by the Health Ministry's director.
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