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With more than 30% of its population vaccinated, Israel leads the fight against COVID-19. Yet the emergence of more infectious variants is overwhelming its hospitals, showing the long road ahead for the rest of the world.
After inoculating 82% of Israelis aged 60 and more, going into a nearly month-long lockdown and shutting down the national airport this week, Israel is indicating the end of the tunnel may be further away. That dents hopes for a rapid vaccine-driven global recovery after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuâs pledge at Davos to make Israel a test case for how quickly Covid shots can help reopen economies.
World’s Most Vaccinated Nation Struggles With Virus Variants Bloomberg 1/29/2021 Gwen Ackerman
(Bloomberg) With more than 30% of its population vaccinated, Israel leads the fight against Covid-19. Yet the emergence of more infectious variants is overwhelming its hospitals, showing the long road ahead for the rest of the world.
After inoculating 82% of Israelis aged 60 and more, going into a nearly month-long lockdown and shutting down the national airport this week, Israel is indicating the end of the tunnel may be further away. That dents hopes for a rapid vaccine-driven global recovery after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge at Davos to make Israel a test case for how quickly Covid shots can help reopen economies.
World’s most vaccinated country struggles with coronavirus variants
A medical professional prepares to administer a second dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Israel
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. Updated: 29 Jan 2021, 04:01 PM IST Bloomberg
After inoculating 82% of Israelis aged 60 and more, going into a nearly month-long lockdown and shutting down the national airport this week, Israel is indicating the end of the tunnel may be further away
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With more than 30% of its population vaccinated, Israel leads the fight against Covid-19. Yet the emergence of more infectious variants is overwhelming its hospitals, showing the long road ahead for the rest of the world.