Health Ministry Director-General Chezy Levy told reporters on Thursday that he estimates that Israel will begin vaccinating children 12 and over around May-June.

Levy said his estimate is based on the clinical trials currently being carried out which he hopes “will be over around the end of spring, beginning of summer.”

Levy added that the mandate requiring Israelis to wear masks will remain in place for the foreseeable future despite the plummeting infection rate, with daily infections at the lowest rate in three months.

“Someone who’s vaccinated can still be a source of infection if those around them aren’t wearing masks and aren’t vaccinated,” Levy said.

“The same holds true even more so for children under 16 who are definitely not vaccinated yet.”

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)