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Seven vaccination stations at a senior residence in Jerusalem on December 25, 2020. (courtesy)
Israel has astounded the world by vaccinating against the coronavirus at the fastest rate on the planet: more than 10 times the rate per capita in the United States. But according to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Israel may pause this progress.
Edelstein reassures Israel will have enough doses for second vaccine shot
Ynet |
Published: 12.31.20 , 10:18
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein reassured Thursday that Israel will always have enough vaccines to administer the second dose need in the coronavirus vaccine treatment. There will never be a day where we do not have enough vaccines for a second dose in storage to those who have already been vaccinated, he said. There will be no delay or stop in the vaccination campaign. At the current rate, we will begin to administer the second shot in 10 days.
Edelstein also added that the general public will be able to get vaccinated probably by the beginning of February.
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Israelis receive the COVID-19 vaccine, at a vaccination center in Yerushalayim, on Wednesday. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
The Health Ministry said Thursday that 5,253 people tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday after 96,835 tests had been conducted, placing the contagion rate at 5.5%.
Out of the 42,402 patients currently battling the virus, 639 are hospitalized in serious condition, with 165 connected to ventilators. The death toll since the start of the pandemic now stands at 3,314.
Meanwhile, despite rumors to the contrary, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein reassured the public in an interview on Thursday that Israel will always have enough vaccines to administer the second dose needed in the coronavirus vaccine treatment.
By Reuters Staff
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JERUSALEM, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Israel expects to begin receiving Moderna Inc.’s coronavirus vaccines by March “at the latest”, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein told Ynet TV on Thursday.
In June, Israel signed an initial agreement for the Moderna vaccine, later extended to cover 6 million doses.
Writing by Dan Williams Editing by Jeffrey Heller
To put the pace of Covid-19 vaccination efforts in the United States in context, CNN compared the daily per capita rate of doses administered in the US to that of four other countries: Bahrain, Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom.