'It's Like There's No Covid': Booster Shots Bring Tel Aviv Back to Life
Mayor Ron Huldai says his city has returned to normal faster, helped by Covid booster shots. He’s now focused on tourists, traffic and housing.
Israelis revel on the beach in Tel Aviv following the lifting of Covid restrictions in April.
Photographer: Amir Levy/Getty Images EuropeTel Aviv’s mayor has a message for cities struggling to reopen: Covid booster shots are allowing his city to roar back to life.
The mass distribution of third shots in Israel has driven down new cases and hospital admissions, allowing restaurants and shops to fill up with customers. New variants of the disease could change the pandemic’s trajectory again, but for now, the boosters are working, Mayor Ron Huldai said in an interview with Bloomberg News.
“On the streets of Tel Aviv now, it’s like there’s no Covid,” said Huldai, 77, who has run Tel Aviv for more than two decades since he was elected in 1998. He said 99% of city workers are vaccinated.