TEL AVIV, Israel - When it comes to fighting the coronavirus, Israel is discovering the limits of vaccines.The country famous for its high-tech prowess .
Israel, a global leader in COVID-19 vaccinations, finds limits arabnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from arabnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Palestinians will receive Russia s Sputnik V vaccine on Thursday, minister says Reuters 2/4/2021
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The Palestinians will receive 10,000 doses of Russia s Sputnik V vaccine on Thursday, enough to cover 5,000 people, Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila told Voice of Palestine radio.
The Palestinian Authority, which has limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, launched a vaccination campaign on Tuesday after a small delivery of doses from Israel. (Reporting by Ali Sawafta in Ramallah)
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Order early, pay a lot, digitise distribution and stretch the supply.
That is how Israel came to be a leader of the world’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, reaching nearly 15% of the country’s 9.3 million population in about two weeks.
The first big decision was paying a premium to get early vaccines.
Israeli authorities have not said publicly what they paid for the vaccine developed by U.S. company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech.
But one official said on condition of anonymity that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government was “paying around $30 per vaccine dose, or around twice the price abroad.”
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