Officials concerned by low vaccination rate among Arab Israelis
236 shares An Israeli teacher receives a COVID-19 vaccine, at Shamir Medical Center in Be'er Ya'akov, on December 30, 2020. (Avi Dishi/Flash90) Low coronavirus vaccination rates among Arab Israelis have raised concerns that Israel’s conservative minority may be immune to calls to get shots against the novel coronavirus — but experts say it’s more complicated than that. While a few vaccination centers have been erected in Arab towns and cities, many facilities reported that most of those waiting in line were Jews. In Umm al-Fahm, Shfaram, and Nazareth — three major Arab Israeli c...
Source: timesofisrael.com