The Paxlovid pill produced by Pfizer is expected to block the ability of coronavirus to replicate and should withstand variants according to experts. PHOTO | AFP
Israel on Thursday approved a fourth vaccine shot for vulnerable people, becoming one of the first countries to do so, amid a surge in Covid in cases driven by the Omicron variant.
The approval came as another anti-Covid weapon arrived in the country: a first shipment of Pfizer's anti-Covid pills.