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Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, 59, gets a coronavirus vaccine at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, December 20, 2020. (Screenshot/Twitter)
As Israel’s vaccination drive against the coronavirus began, questions arose Sunday after a series of public figures and politicians got the inoculation ahead of the general public even though they are not over the age of 60, the minimal age for Israelis who will initially be allowed to vaccinate.
Likud minister Ze’ev Elkin tweeted that he felt “uneasy” with that.
“It was right for the prime minister, president and health minister to be vaccinated first to create public trust in the vaccine, and they are also all over the age of 60,” said Elkin, who is 49 years old. “But skipping in the vaccine line under the umbrella of a PR push for the vaccines only harms public trust.”
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