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Tuesday, December 29, 2020
115,000 people a day
Israel is the fastest in the world to vaccinate
In Germany, 42,000 people received a coronavirus vaccine in the first two days. In much smaller Israel, 115,000 people will receive the life-saving swords on Monday alone. No vaccination campaign in the world is faster.
In Israel, around half a million people have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the last ten days. According to Israel’s Health Ministry, there were 115,000 Israelis on Monday alone. According to Oxford University’s Our World in Data website, nearly 5.7 percent of the Israeli population has already received the first of the two necessary doses of vaccine. The small country is the world leader in the number of people vaccinated per 100 inhabitants, followed by Bahrain and Great Britain.
In Germany, according to the Robert Koch Institute, just under 42,000 people were vaccinated in the first two days. Currently, the vaccine is in short supply in this country mainly because the EU Commission ordered the vaccine centrally and it is distributed fairly to all 27 EU countries. Furthermore, so far only the product from Biontech and Pfizer has been approved by the EU. Of these, around 200 million cans should be delivered by September 2021. The EU has ordered up to around 400 million cans each from manufacturers Astrazeneca, Curevac and Johnson & Johnson. However, these lag behind Biontech and Pfizer in terms of development.
The Commission defended its procurement strategy: the aim was to have a diverse range of products from different manufacturers to ensure that Europeans are present when the first deliveries are made. Some EU states would prefer certain vaccines, a commission spokesman said. One examines how this could be possible.
Large number of infections
In Israel, a third partial shutdown went into effect on Sunday afternoon, initially supposed to last two weeks. However, an extension of several weeks is expected. Two days after onset, the number of infections has risen to its highest level in three months. The Health Ministry announced that 5,449 new cases had been registered in 24 hours, the last time the numbers were this high in early October. In the same period, German health authorities reported 12,892 new corona infections. However, Germany has around nine times more inhabitants than Israel.
The Israeli government wants to vaccinate all risk groups as soon as possible and then reopen the economy. Starting in mid-January, “green passports” will be issued for vaccinated people who have received two doses, which will grant them various freedoms. This includes, for example, exemption from the quarantine obligation for citizens upon entering Israel. Strict entry restrictions still apply to foreigners in Israel.
