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Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai speaks during a concert at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on May 14, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
Tel Aviv mayor and head of the newly formed The Israelis party Ron Huldai said Sunday that he will not wait for government approval to reopen cultural sites in his city, and that he plans to allow theaters and museums to raise their curtains and throw open their doors to those who have been fully vaccinated.
“At the beginning of February, I will open all the cultural institutions in Tel Aviv-Jaffa to anyone who has received two vaccines,” Huldai tweeted, referring to the two doses of the inoculation required for full effectiveness.
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World leaders who have taken COVID-19 vaccine -know details
However, there are certain prominent world leaders who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine to allay the fear, and anxiety among certain people.
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Jan 16, 2021, 05:45 PM IST
Along with India, there are several countries around the world that have started their vaccination drive against the deadly COVID-19 virus.
PM Modi launched India s coronavirus vaccination drive via video conference on January 16.
The world s largest vaccination programme in India will take place in all the states and union territories across the length and breadth of the country.
The first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive will cover three crore healthcare and frontline workers, as they are getting vaccinated first in this drive. The vaccine is provided free of cost for this targeted phase.
Israel Seeks to COVID-19 Immunize 1 Million People a Week
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that would push the pace of coronavirus vaccination shots to about one million a week and would have Israel’s adult population inoculated by March.
“This is a great day for the State of Israel with a huge shipment that has arrived in the framework of Operation Back to Life, a plane full of shots of encouragement,” Netanyahu said as he and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein met a cargo plane at Ben-Gurion Airport carrying hundreds of thousands of doses of coronavirus vaccine manufactured by the American company Pfizer.
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Israeli health officials are concerned over a relatively small number of the country s Arab community that has so far received a coronavirus vaccine, but they struggle to identify any one reason for the lower inoculation rate compared to the general population.
As of Monday, according to Health Ministry figures, only 45 percent of people 60 and older from Arab towns and cities went to get the first dose of the vaccine. Among the general population, this figure was at 74 percent.
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