Expert Israeli Panel Recommends 4th COVID-19 Vaccine Dose to People Over 60

Other at-risk groups also eligible for second booster

An Israeli health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a man, at the Maccabi Health Service in the Israeli town of Rishon Lezion, Israel, in August 2021. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images

The Israeli government announced it expects a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered to people older than 60 or those at higher risk of contracting COVID-19, such as immunocompromised people and health care workers.

Israel’s health ministry said on Tuesday that the country’s Pandemic Expert Committee had recommended the fourth shot.