The Health Ministry approved the clinical study to test the efficacy of the fourth dose, Gal Rotem Golan, a spokeswoman, told AFP.
The Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, reported last Wednesday that both Israelis over 60 years of age and health personnel will be able to access a fourth dose, when the country tries to reduce infections by the new Omicron variant of coronavirus.
But the decision still needs the approval of the Ministry of Health.
The sheba hospital, in the suburbs of Tel Aviv, on Monday began vaccinating 150 volunteer workers who received a third dose more than four months ago and whose antibody levels appear to have decreased.
The administration of a fourth dose will evaluate the possible increase in antibodies and the appearance of side effects, and whether or not the risk of infection is reduced, said Gili Regev-Yochay, director of the hospital’s infectious diseases department.
The workers will be monitored for six months, he added.
Before starting to inoculate a fourth dose nationwide, Health Ministry Director General Nachman Ash wants to take time to study the severity of Omicron variant infections, Israeli media reported.
More than 4.1 million people in Israel have received three doses of the coronavirus vaccine in this nation of about 9.3 million people.
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