Health by Charis Chang It paid a sky-high price to access one of the best coronavirus vaccines in the world and also agreed to share data on the accelerated rollout - but Israel s expensive gamble seems to have paid off. The small country in the Middle East was late joining the line for the Pfizer vaccine behind the US, Canada and Japan, according to
The Times of Israel, but it still managed to gain fast-tracked access to millions of doses. This was partly due to Israel paying a lot more for the vaccine - as much as double what the United States and United Kingdom signed up for per dose - but also because it agreed to share data on the results of the rollout with Pfizer.
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News by Benedict Brook 17th Feb 2021 6:23 AM It has become the star of the vaccination world. Before Australia has put a single jab in a single arm, Israel has already managed to administer 45 per cent of its population with at least one vaccination vial. That s more than double the rate of the UK - which is having a bad pandemic but a good vaccination rollout - and other high inoculation nations including the US, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. But public health watchers in Israel are now beginning to fret. While take up of the vaccination was initially sky high, fewer and fewer people are now turning up each day for their shot.