A woman receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the central Israeli city of Modi'in on Oct. 19, 2021. The first case of the new COVID-19 Delta variant "AY4.2" was detected in Israel on Tuesday, the country's Ministry of Health said. This is the variant that was previously detected in several European countries, the ministry noted. Also on Tuesday, the ministry reported 1,487 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total tally of infections in the country to 1,319,001. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
