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Voice of America: COVID-19 cases in Israel rise despite third shot for those over 60

Published Aug. 11, 2021. Updated Aug. 11 at 4:29 am

A healthcare worker administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Israelis at the Maccabi Health Services drive-in vaccination center, in the northern coastal city of Haifa, on January 11, 2021. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has just added Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to its list of places where travel is not recommended because of growing rates of COVID-19. On Monday, for the first time since February, Israel documented just under 6,000 new cases, almost 400 of them serious.