Israel’s prime minister says the country’s coronavirus vaccination “green pass” system will be suspended as new daily cases of COVID-19 continue to decline.
FILE - Then Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, holds a "Green Pass," for citizens vaccinated against COVID-19, as he visits a fitness gym with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, second right, and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, left, to observe how the pass is used, in Modi'in, Israel, March 4, 2021. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Thursday, Feb.
Naftali Bennett said Thursday after meeting with health officials that Israel’s omicron wave “has been broken” and that additional reductions in coronavirus restrictions were forthcoming. Although new infections remain high, Israel’s health ministry has reported a steady decline in serious cases of COVID-19 since the peak of the country’s omicron wave earlier in February.
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