22 shares Palestinian Authority Health Minister Mai al-Kaila briefs reporters in Ramallah on Wednesday, December 10, 2020 (Screenshot: Palestine TV) With Israel expected to begin vaccinating its population by the end of December, Palestinians may not see their first coronavirus vaccinations until March, Palestinian Authority Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said in a press conference in Ramallah on Wednesday. “We expect that our first vaccination will be around the end of January, early February, by March it will be with us,” al-Kaila told reporters. The first major shipment of doses of the Pfizer vaccine is poised to arrive in Israel on Thursday to test the logistics of storing and transporting the shots. Inoculations are expected to begin by the end of December.