Israel vaccinates people against monkeypox

STORY: Israel vaccinates people against monkeypox DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of people getting into a clinic of Israel's Leumit Healthcare Services 2. various of a clinic 3. various of people waiting for vaccination STORYLINE: Israel has been vaccinating its citizens against monkeypox since July 31. The first batch of 5,600 doses of purchased monkeypox vaccine arrived last weekend, and the remaining 4,400 doses are expected to arrive within weeks. Since the detection of the first case of monkeypox this May, a total of 153 cases of monkeypox have been reported in Israel, all are men. On Tuesday, the country announced its first case of infection among health care workers. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem. (XHTV)

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(220122) -- OR YEHUDA, Jan. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker checks test results of suspected COVID-19 patients at a Leumit Health Care Services laboratory in central Israeli city of Or Yehuda near Tel Aviv on Jan. 21, 2022. Israel's Ministry of Health on Friday reported 69,201 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,168,016. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

ISRAEL-COVID-19-CASES

ISRAEL-COVID-19-CASES

(220122) -- OR YEHUDA, Jan. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker tests samples of suspected COVID-19 patients at a Leumit Health Care Services laboratory in central Israeli city of Or Yehuda near Tel Aviv on Jan. 21, 2022. Israel's Ministry of Health on Friday reported 69,201 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,168,016. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

ISRAEL-COVID-19-CASES

ISRAEL-COVID-19-CASES

(220122) -- OR YEHUDA, Jan. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A medical worker tests samples of suspected COVID-19 patients at a Leumit Health Care Services laboratory in central Israeli city of Or Yehuda near Tel Aviv on Jan. 21, 2022. Israel's Ministry of Health on Friday reported 69,201 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,168,016. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

ISRAEL-COVID-19-CASES

ISRAEL-COVID-19-CASES

(220122) -- OR YEHUDA, Jan. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Medical workers test samples of suspected COVID-19 patients at a Leumit Health Care Services laboratory in central Israeli city of Or Yehuda near Tel Aviv on Jan. 21, 2022. Israel's Ministry of Health on Friday reported 69,201 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,168,016. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)