The variant was 27 times more likely to break through Pfizer protection from January-February and cause symptoms than it was to penetrate natural immunity from the same period.

Maccabi Healthcare Services is using Medial EarlySign's AI system to identify which members are high-risk once they develop symptoms for the novel coronavirus.

The primary care startup, based in Tel Aviv, is a free app that offers diagnoses, cares, and treatment options based on crowd-sourced health data from people with similar symptoms.