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A woman is immunised against Covid-19 as part of a Tel Aviv municipality initiative offering a free drink to people having the vaccine shot.
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Israelis display their ‘Green Pass’, proof of vaccination or immunity against the coronavirus, at the entrance to a performance by singer Nurit Galron at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv.
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A man displays his ‘Green Pass’ at the entrance to the concert.
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A elderly woman receives a booster shot of her vaccination against Covid-19 at an assisted living residence.
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A woman displays her ‘Green Pass’ at the entrance to the Nurit Galron concert at Yarkon Park.
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People dance at a concert.
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The Nurit Galron concert for which the audience had to show green passes to gain entry.
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The Nurit Galron concert for which the audience had to show green passes to gain entry.
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A customer at Nashville Barber Shop gets a shave after coronavirus restrictions were eased, opening shopping centres, gyms, barber shops, among other sites in Jerusalem.
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A visitor presents a coronavirus vaccination certificate at the entrance to the Khan Theatre in Jerusalem.
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People present their coronavirus vaccination certificate at the entrance to the Khan Theatre in Jerusalem.
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People wear face masks as they attend the Khan Theatre to watch a show in Jerusalem.
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An Orthodox Christian clergy member puts on his face mask while walking out of the Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City.
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A drive-through Covid-19 screening centre run by the Magen David Adom national emergency service in the car park of Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv.
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Residents of an assisted living residence in Israel dance after receiving their booster shots of the vaccination against the Covid-19.
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Medics, seen through a window of an observation room, wear personal protective equipment as they work inside an underground ward treating Covid-19 patients at the Critical Care Coronavirus Unit at Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan.
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A woman is immunised against Covid-19 as part of a Tel Aviv municipality initiative offering a free drink to people having the vaccine shot.
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Israelis display their ‘Green Pass’, proof of vaccination or immunity against the coronavirus, at the entrance to a performance by singer Nurit Galron at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv.
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A man displays his ‘Green Pass’ at the entrance to the concert.
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A elderly woman receives a booster shot of her vaccination against Covid-19 at an assisted living residence.
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A woman displays her ‘Green Pass’ at the entrance to the Nurit Galron concert at Yarkon Park.
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People dance at a concert.
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The Nurit Galron concert for which the audience had to show green passes to gain entry.
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The Nurit Galron concert for which the audience had to show green passes to gain entry.
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A customer at Nashville Barber Shop gets a shave after coronavirus restrictions were eased, opening shopping centres, gyms, barber shops, among other sites in Jerusalem.
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A visitor presents a coronavirus vaccination certificate at the entrance to the Khan Theatre in Jerusalem.
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People present their coronavirus vaccination certificate at the entrance to the Khan Theatre in Jerusalem.
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People wear face masks as they attend the Khan Theatre to watch a show in Jerusalem.
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An Orthodox Christian clergy member puts on his face mask while walking out of the Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City.
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A drive-through Covid-19 screening centre run by the Magen David Adom national emergency service in the car park of Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv.
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Residents of an assisted living residence in Israel dance after receiving their booster shots of the vaccination against the Covid-19.
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Medics, seen through a window of an observation room, wear personal protective equipment as they work inside an underground ward treating Covid-19 patients at the Critical Care Coronavirus Unit at Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan.
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A woman is immunised against Covid-19 as part of a Tel Aviv municipality initiative offering a free drink to people having the vaccine shot.
Covid passport: vaccinated Israelis get ‘green pass’ to normal life
Israel still registering thousands of coronavirus cases a day, although proportion of positive tests has fallen
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Rosie Scammell
25 February, 2021
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