Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has received a third shot of Pfizer/BioNtech's Covid-19 vaccine after Israel extended its booster campaign for people over 40 to try to curb the Delta coronavirus variant.

Reuters reports new cases in Israel have surged since the Delta variant's emergence and Bennett has sought to avoid an economically painful national lockdown by ramping up third doses.

"If you go get vaccinated with a third shot, we will be able to avoid a fourth lockdown," Bennett said before he was shown live on social media receiving his shot. He said Israel would share its data.

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