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[Everyone is to get the booster:](https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/israel-expands-covid-booster-drive-to-age-12-and-above-1.1645518)

**Israel is expanding its coronavirus booster drive to all residents age 12 and above**, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.

**The effect of the initial two vaccine doses weakens after five months** and therefore, people who were inoculated more than five months ago should get a booster, ministry officials said in a press briefing broadcast online.

While all returning travelers will still need to do virus tests, **people who have received boosters can cut short their mandatory weeklong quarantine if the test comes back negative**. According to ministry data, **90% of Israelis who tested positive for coronavirus when returning from abroad had been vaccinated more than five months before their trip.**

**Repeating:**

 ***90% of Israelis who tested positive for coronavirus when returning from abroad had been vaccinated more than five mon*ths** ***before their** **trip.***