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Dec 2021
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The Jerusalem Post Health & Wellness Podcast with Maayan Hoffman and Rossella Tercatin In their last episode of 2021, Senior COVID Analyst Maayan Hoffman and Health Reporter Rossella Tercatin look back at year two of coronavirus. Where did Israel do well? How could the country have improved? They also put a strong focus on the year of the vaccines, how ... Show More
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