New and Noteworthy

• Israel to offer 3rd COVID booster shot to older citizens by Ilan Ben Zion The Associated Press

• A healthcare worker who was hospitalized for a month with COVID-19 says she now has nearly $1 million in medical bills by Joshua Zitser Yahoo

• Inside the race to bring coronavirus vaccines to the world by BioPharmaDive

• Thousands protest lockdown in Sydney, several arrested by The Associated Press

• New Jersey hospital system FIRES six senior health care workers who refused to get COVID-19 vaccines - as they announce plans to mandate shots for thousands of other employees by Andrew Court Daily Mail

• No Masks, No Service: Israel Imposes New COVID Regulations by Ido Efrati Nareetz

• Indonesia: Covid-positive man boards flight disguised as wife by BBC

• Eight-week gap seen as sweet spot for Pfizer jab antibodies by BBC

• Covid: Moderna jab approved for teenagers in EU by BBC

• Covid-19: India excess deaths cross four million, says study by Soutik Biswas BBC

• 'Take it off, take it off!': Anti-vaxxers shout at riot police to remove their masks as officers arrest 11 demonstrators after thousands descend on Parliament on first of three-day protest to mark 'Freedom Day' by BBC

• Catholics in France Divided on COVID Vaccine ‘Health Pass’ by Solène Tadié National Catholic Register