Israel to end Covid-19 restrictions after vaccine success

Israel will end local Covid-19 restrictions following a successful vaccine rollout that has nearly stamped out new infections, its Health Ministry said on Sunday.

With the majority of the population having received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, and about 92 percent of those 50 and older inoculated or recovered, Israel has been gradually reopening its economy after three lockdowns.

The country reported just 12 new virus cases on Saturday, down from a daily peak of more than 10,000 in January...