The patient was vaccinated with two doses of vaccine against COVID-19.
In Israel on Tuesday, December 21, the first death in the country was recorded , associated with the new strain of COVID-19 “Omicron”.
This was reported by The Times of Israel.
It is noted that the deceased citizen of Israel was about 60 years old. The patient suffered not only from the new variant of the coronavirus, but also from concomitant diseases.
He died at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on Monday. The publication indicates that the patient was vaccinated with two doses of vaccine against COVID-19.
In total, according to the country's Ministry of Health, at least 340 cases of Omicron disease have been registered in Israel.
< p> “Overall incidence rates in Israel have been increasing in recent days, but the number of serious COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remains stable,” the report says.
