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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Takes Covid Vaccine Publicly as Country Begins Huge Vaccination Drive

December 20, 2020
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Israel has begun its coronavirus inoculation drive, aiming to vaccinate some 60,000 people a day in a bid to stamp out the virus that is once again surging among its population.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was vaccinated against the coronavirus on live television, becoming the first Israeli and one of the world’s leaders to be inoculated.

With public opinion polls showing many Israelis are reluctant to take vaccines right away, Netanyahu said he wanted to be the country’s first recipient to set a “personal example” and to encourage Israelis to get the shot.

“I believe in this vaccine,” he said before receiving the injection of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv.

81-year-old President Reuven Rivlin was among those vaccinated on Sunday. In a tweet, he called on Israelis to get the shot.

The country will first immunize health workers, followed by the elderly, high-risk Israelis and those over 60 years old. Israel says it has secured sufficient doses for much of the country’s 9 million people from both Pfizer and Moderna, whose vaccine U.S. authorities approved this week for emergency use.

“It’s great news that we have the vaccine so we can get on with our lives and get out from this crisis,” said Moshe Yehezkel, a Tel Aviv resident.

“I will get vaccinated,” he added.

Israel has an agreement with Pfizer to secure 8 million doses of the U.S. pharmaceutical company’s vaccine — enough to cover nearly half of Israel’s population since each person requires two doses. Israel reached a separate agreement with Moderna earlier this month to purchase 6 million doses of its vaccine — enough for another 3 million Israelis.

Israeli media reported that the inoculation drive got off to a bumpy start, with the country’s HMOs flooded with phone calls for appointments to get vaccinated and many Israelis complaining they weren’t able to get through.

With daily infection numbers trending upward and currently notching just under 3,000 a day, Israeli leaders are again debating whether to impose a third national lockdown since the pandemic began. Many restrictions remain in place from the country’s second lockdown in the fall, with most hotels still shuttered and restaurants open only for delivery and take out. Unemployment remains in the double digits.

Israel has had mixed results in its fight against the virus. Netanyahu was lauded in the spring for sealing borders and locking down the country swiftly, a move that battered the economy but drove down infection rates.

But a hasty and erratic reopening sent confirmed cases soaring in late summer, leading to what at the time was one of the world’s worst outbreaks.

Israel has reported more than 368,000 confirmed cases and more than 3,000 virus-related deaths since the start of the pandemic.

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