The UK will have to look "very carefully" at the effectiveness of a single dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the country's chief scientific adviser said, after reports from Israel suggested the protection it provides may be much lower than shown in trials.
The Israeli government decided Tuesday to extend the country's coronavirus lockdown to the end of the month after a spike in infections, despite an intensive vaccination campaign. Since the rollout of vaccinations one month ago, the Jewish state had innoculated more than 2.2 million of its nine million inhabitants, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said Tuesday.
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The US screwed up its vaccine roll out in part because it was too choosy about who should get shots first
The US screwed up its vaccine roll out in part because it was too choosy about who should get shots first
Aylin WoodwardJan 17, 2021, 00:22 IST
A frontline healthcare worker receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at the Park County Health Departments storefront clinic on January 5, 2021 in Livingston, Montana.Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images
The US has one of the lowest
COVID-19 vaccinations per capita rates in the world. Israel has the best.
Israel chose to prioritize its elderly. The US, by contrast, rolled out its doses using a complicated priority tier system based, in part, on people s employment.
Israel s Covid vaccine rollout is the fastest in the world here are some lessons for the rest of us CNBC 1/8/2021 Holly Ellyatt
While the U.S. and Europe attempt to ramp up their own Covid vaccination drives, Israel is outpacing them all.
Israel s vaccination drive began on Dec. 19, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the first person to be vaccinated in the country.
Priority has been given to people aged over 60, health care workers and anyone clinically vulnerable reported to make up around a quarter of its 9 million population.
Public health physician outlines how Israel became the world leader in Covid vaccinations