Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is saddened by each of the over 6,000 COVID-19 deaths but asserts it is a relatively low figure.
“Six thousand dead is a difficult number for every one of us, but it’s much less than other countries our size,” he tells the Ynet news site.
The prime minister vows that “there will unequivocally not be another lockdown,” but then equivocates: New virus mutations could lead to such a result.
In an interview with the Ynet news site, the premier also said four more countries were set to normalize their ties with the Jewish state, following in the footsteps of the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.
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Palestinians from the Ministry of Health receive a shipment of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine doses sent by the United Arab Emirates, after the Egyptian authorities allowed entry to Gaza through the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 21, 2021. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Exiled Fatah security chief Mohammad Dahlan announced Wednesday that the United Arab Emirates will send another 40,000 Russian Sputnik V vaccines to the Gaza Strip.
“In the next step of the Emirates’ generous donations, I’m glad to inform our patient and steadfast people of the arrival of a new shipment of coronavirus vaccines, with the aim of providing protection to our valiant medical staff and to priority groups,” Dahlan said in a tweet.