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Israel May Slow COVID-19 Vaccinations as Supplies Tighten Sara Toth Stub © (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) A healthcare worker prepare a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Clalit Health Services, in the northern Arab Israeli city of Umm al Fahm , on January 4, 2021. - Israel said Sunday two million people will have received a two-dose Covid-19 vaccination by the end of January, a pace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasts is the world's fastest. Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levy said that because of the enthusiastic takeup, Israel would be easing the speed of vacc...

As Israel Leads In COVID-19 Vaccines Per Capita, Palestinians Still Await Shots at 2:15 pm NPR Israel has vaccinated a larger share of its population against COVID-19 than any other country, and is aiming to achieve "herd immunity" from the virus by the end of spring or midsummer, the Israeli Health Ministry told NPR. More than 800,000 of Israel's population of about 9 million have received COVID-19 vaccination shots. The country aims to vaccinate 25% of Israelis by the end of January. The vaccination drive began Dec. 19 with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receiving the ...

Edna Halup, a staff member at a private nursing home, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, in Ganei Tikva, Israel, on Dec. 22. Israel has vaccinated a larger share of its population against COVID-19 than any other country, and is aiming to achieve "herd immunity" from the virus by the end of spring or midsummer, the Israeli Health Ministry told NPR. More than 800,000 of Israel's population of about 9 million have received COVID-19 vaccination shots. The country aims to vaccinate 25% of Israelis by the end of January. The vaccination drive began Dec. 19 with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu re...

CoronavirusIsrael By Aryeh Stern YERUSHALAYIM - Friday, December 11, 2020 at 3:03 am | כ"ה כסלו תשפ"א Health-care workers take test samples of Israelis at a drive-through site to collect samples for coronavirus testing in Lod. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90) There were 1,865 new coronavirus cases in Israel on Thursday the Health Ministry announced Friday morning. The Health Ministry also announced that they conducted 70,960 tests, with around 2.7% of tests returning a positive result. Some 320 of current patients are in serious condition, with 108 intubated. The country’s death tol...

Israeli Health Ministry sets vaccination priorities The first people to receive Covid-19 vaccines in Israel will be health system workers, followed by old people in institutions and their carers. With the first consignments of Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19 arriving in Israel,. Ministry of Health director general Hezi Levi and the ministry's ombudsman for the medical professions Dr. Boaz Lev held a press conference today. The ministry has concluded work on establishing the order of priorities for vaccinating Israelis. The first people to be vaccinated will be workers in the health system, a...