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		</div><p>Israel lifted many of its coronavirus restrictions and started reopening its economy on Sunday as the country’s vaccination drive and third nationwide lockdown have started to bring down infections.</p>
<p>Most grade school and high school classes have reopened after a nearly two-month closure, along with museums, libraries, shopping centres and markets.</p>
<p>Some restrictions on the number of people in attendance remain in place.</p>
<p>The entire education system is expected to return to normal operations in early March.</p>
<p>Gyms, pools, cinemas and restaurants are reopening for people who have received two doses of the coronavirus vaccine.</p>
<p>Israel unveiled its plan to allow those who have been vaccinated to attend cultural events, fly abroad and patronise restaurants and health clubs by using a “green badge” app on Saturday ahead of the reopening of the economy.</p>
<p>However, the rollout of the app has been fraught with technical difficulties.</p>
<p>After striking a deal with Pfizer to trade data for doses, Israel’s vaccine campaign became the world’s speediest in the past two months.</p>
<p>Almost half of the country’s population of 9.3 million have received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and nearly three million have had their second vaccination.</p>
<p>Israel has faced international criticism for largely excluding Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from its highly successful vaccination campaign.</p>
<p>The dispute highlights the Palestinians’ reliance on Israel even as they struggle to combat the pandemic on their own.</p>
<p>Last week, Israel facilitated the transfer of the first 2,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>The coronavirus is still spreading rapidly in Israel, however, and restrictions on movement and assembly have remained in place since the government imposed a countrywide lockdown in late December.</p>
<p>Israel has recorded at least 743,000 cases of Covid-19 and at least 5,521 deaths since the start of the pandemic last year.</p>
<p>Its three lockdowns have paralysed the economy and driven unemployment to more than 20%.</p>
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