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By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel As of Wednesday, Israel had successfully vaccinated 1.5 million of its 9.3 million citizens, with 65% of those aged 60 and over getting their fist shot of the two-dose vaccine made by the Pfizer pharmaceutical company. But most of those vaccinated live in or near Israel’s three large urban areas – Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa – where the health care infrastructure is set up to receive and administer the temperature sensitive vaccines. That leaves those living in Israel’s periphery having to travel farther to get inoculated, so Leumit Health Services, one of the country’s four healthcare organizations, sent out the first two coronavirus vaccination units to provide service in remote communities, with two more to join them in the near future. ....
Dec. 29, 2020 Authorities in Israel, as well as the West Bank and Gaza, are grappling with the current increase in coronavirus cases, which has prompted directives to curb its spread but also an effort to mitigate the economic consequences of the crisis. Israel has entered a third nationwide lockdown, and has severely limited the entry of foreigners into the country as cases continue to spike. Israelis returning from abroad are obligated to go into quarantine for 14 days – or 10 days if they twice test negative for COVID-19. Israel currently has 40,929 active cases; 3,292 people have died. In the West Bank, there are 12,972 active cases and 1,120 deaths, and in Gaza 10,729 active cases and 340 deaths. ....
Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio In the coming days, the country’s health maintenance organizations are expected to increase the rate of vaccinations, with inoculations already underway for at-risk groups and those over 60. The ministry also announced that data on daily vaccinations will also be updated on their website. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein celebrated the start of the vaccination campaign, and claimed that 200,000 appointments have been scheduled for the vaccination. “I call on everyone over the age of 60: go get vaccinated, this is the only way to fight coronavirus,” he added. Prof. Ehud Davidson, CEO of the Clalit HMO, said Clalit vaccinated 1,300 people on Sunday and has scheduled appointments for around 90,000 people. Ran Saar, CEO of Maccabi, said his HMO has scheduled appointments for 50,000 people. ....
Israel to vaccinate medical teams against virus before at-risk population Health Ministry publishes a list of who will be inoculated first with less than a week to go until the vaccination campaign begins; Netanyahu, Rivlin and Kochavi to be among the first to be vaccinated this Saturday and Sunday Adir Yanko | Published: 12.16.20 , 21:25 Israel is set to vaccinate medical teams against coronavirus before the at-risk population, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. The country prepares to begin administrating coronavirus vaccinations next week after thousands of doses of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in Israel last as this week via special charter flights. 5 צפייה בגלריה (Photo: Tal Shahar ) ....