Netanyahu becomes first Israeli to receive coronavirus vaccine One small vaccination for man, one giant leap for mankind s health, PM says as he receives vaccine at Sheba Medical Center; prime minister immediately followed by Health Minister Edelstein as both seek to encourage Israeli public to get vaccinated
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Updated: 12.19.20 , 20:27
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 72, became the first Israeli to receive the Pfizer vaccine for coronavirus on Saturday evening, followed immediately by Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, 62.
The two received the vaccine on Saturday evening at Sheba Medical Center, Israel s largest hospital.
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(Photo: Screenshot) One small vaccination for man, one giant leap for mankind s health, Netanyahu said as he received the vaccine from his personal physician, Dr. Tzvi Berkowitz.
12-18-2020
Israel s Mahane Yehuda Shuk
Israelis may be heading for more restrictions or even a COVID-19 lockdown as the push to vaccinate citizens begins in Israel next week.
Israelis have been enjoying the Hanukkah holiday for the last eight days with relative freedom of movement, but new coronavirus cases rose above 2,800 on Wednesday. The government had said previously that Israel would enter a period of “tightened restraint” if new cases rose above 2,500 per day.
The period of closure could last from three to five weeks and include closing shops, malls, and marketplaces. Gatherings would be limited to 10 people in a closed space and up to 20 in open areas. Schools would be closed in red and orange zone communities (with high infection rates) and allowed to remain open in green and yellow zones (low infection rates).
The first doses of the coronavirus vaccine arrived at the Sheba Medical Center
Adir Yanko |
Published: 12.18.20 , 11:59
The first doses of the coronavirus vaccine arrived at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, ahead of the hospital s vaccination campaign.
The amount that arrived Friday morning is enough to vaccinate 975 people against the pathogen. After the inoculation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Friday, about fifty of the hospital s employees will be vaccinated.
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A COVID-19 patient hospitalized at the Shaare Zedek hospital Coronavirus ward receives a visit from his two daughters in Jerusalem on December 17, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
Israel kicks off its coronavirus vaccination drive on Saturday evening with reports suggesting the Jewish state could be the first country in the world to vaccinate its at-risk populations.
The first Israeli to receive the vaccine will be Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, followed by Health Minister Yuli Edelstein. They will be inoculated Saturday evening at Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv. Netanyahu is 71 and Edelstein 62.
The event, which will be broadcast live, is aimed at “encouraging the Israeli public to get the vaccine,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement, adding that Netanyahu will thus become one of the first world leaders to get the vaccine. US Vice President Mike Pence and Congresspeople began receiving the vaccination on Friday.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
1. Can we rebuild it? With only a few days to go before a deadline that will set early elections in motion, press reports are revolving around possible efforts to avoid the snap poll.
A Channel 13 report claims “dramatic” progress in talks between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s Blue and White.
A source, evidently from Blue and White, tells the network that the centrist party had managed to secure a commitment from Likud to ensure the rotation agreement that will allow Gantz to replace Netanyahu as premier, in addition to keeping Avi Nissenkorn on as justice minister.