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Omicron could lead to herd immunity in Israel

03 January 2022 14:35 (UTC +04:00)

Over to Israel now, where the health authorities are seeing a huge surge in infections, APA reports citing BBC.

Israel is one of the most vaccinated countries in the world but the Omicron wave is what could see it reach Covid herd immunity, says the top health adviser.

"But we don't want to reach it by means of infections, we want it to happen as a result of many people [being vaccinated]," said Nachmann Ash.

Modellers have warned that up to four million people could be infected by the end of January. Israel's population is just over nine million.

Herd immunity is a scientific term describing the point at which a population is protected from a disease, either by enough people being vaccinated or by people having developed antibodies by having the disease.

Israel is offering a