Israel is pushing stringent new measures to incentivise vaccination Feb 19, 2021, 08:22 PM facebook email A woman gets a COVID-19 vaccine at a bar in Tel Aviv, Israel, on February 18, 2021. GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images Israel is offering benefits to its fully vaccinated citizens to try to incentivise inoculation. From Sunday, those who can show a certificate of vaccination will be allowed to go to gyms, sports events, cultural events. Officials have been explicit that people who avoid vaccines will be "left behind." Israel has been praised around the world for its rapid rollout of coronavirus vaccines, outstripping all other nations.