More than 1.37 million Israelis get first dose of vaccine ■ Palestinian Authority imposes new restrictions, including nighttime curfew as cases soar ■ Tel Aviv becomes first Israeli city to vaccinate most teachers
Israel Vaccinates More Than 10% of Its Population in Two Weeks
Government aims to immunize majority of people by early spring, accelerating its vaccination drive after early hiccups led to wasted shots Israel says it’s on track to vaccinate everyone over 16 by the end of March. To understand how the small country has vaccinated more of its population than any other so quickly, WSJ visited clinics that are giving shots to young and middle-aged citizens. Photo: Tamir Elterman for The Wall Street Journal By Updated Jan. 3, 2021 1:51 pm ET
TEL AVIV Israel has inoculated nearly half of its most at-risk citizens and more than 10% of the population in two weeks as authorities accelerate a Covid-19 vaccination drive after early hiccups had led to wasted shots.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds together with former convict Muhammad Jabarin a sign saying I m the 1,000,000th vaccinated. Jan. 1, 2021.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Friday afternoon celebrated in the town of Umm Al-Fahm the 1,000,000th person in Israel to be vaccinated against Coronavirus, Muhammad Jabarin (66).
It was a great opportunity for Netanyahu to show how everyone in Israel has access to the vaccine, especially in light of a recent NY Times article that praised Israel’s record vaccination success, the best in the world (
Israel Vaccinates 1 Million Against COVID-19, First Nation to Inoculate 10% of Population). It was also Netanyahu’s opportunity to reach out to Arab voters ahead of the upcoming elections, as well as to promote taking the Coronavirus vaccinations within the Arab sector.