Published date: 6 January 2021 13:30 UTC | Last update: 2 months 2 weeks ago
Israel has boasted that it is surpassing other nations with its vaccination campaign against the Covid-19 virus, with more than 12 percent of its population receiving the first of two jabs since December.
The country is seeking to be the first in the world to succeed in getting rid of Covid-19, paying a much higher price to gain priority access to the vaccine - as reports have indicated that Israel paid $62 per dose, while its cost in the United States does not exceed $20.
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Beit Hanoun/Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel.
JERUSALEM, Tuesday, December 29, 2020 (WAFA) - Kafa, a 55-year-old patient from Rafah in the south of Gaza Strip, was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in August 2018, more than 2 years ago.
Kafa underwent chemotherapy at the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip. After initially responding well to chemotherapy, Kafa was referred urgently to Istishari Hospital in Ramallah, in the West Bank, in January 2020 to receive a medicine called ibrutinib, a monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of CLL.