This comes as fear grows of a “fifth wave” of COVID-19 throughout the nation amid a spike in new cases. With over 80,000 deaths from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, Iran is the hardest-hit country in the Middle East North Africa region when it comes to coronavirus fatalities. Sinovac reportedly has delivered raw materials to produce 2 million doses of the vaccine and has sent technicians to supervise the production. Israel suffered two deaths from complications of the coronavirus on Thursday, the first such fatalities in over two weeks. In an effort to prevent the coronavirus from entering the country, all travelers from abroad will be required to quarantine until receiving a negative coronavirus test result of the test taken at Ben-Gurion International Airport.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 08, 2021 17:14 UTC