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Prime Minister Netanyahu and his party arrived at an Israeli airport in January to receive the vaccine.Israel, which has been vaccinated against the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), has announced plans to provide surplus vaccines to other countries.
It is noteworthy whether Israel’s “vaccine diplomacy” using the surplus raised by some people will be in full swing.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement on the 23rd (local time) that it will provide the remaining vaccines to Palestine and some countries that have requested the vaccine.
The statement explained: “There have been requests for vaccines in several countries, but since Israel does not produce the vaccine, they have been informed that they cannot provide meaningful assistance until vaccination is completed in their home country.”
The prime minister’s office said: “We will send a token amount from current stocks to Palestine and other countries requesting vaccines. Thousands of vaccines have already made their way to Ramallah (west bank of the Jordan River).”
Reuters, citing local officials, said Honduras in Central America was included in Israel’s vaccine supply. However, the Honduran embassy in Israel did not immediately comment on this.
Earlier, the New York Times (NYT) reported that Israel secretly decided to buy a Russian-made Corona 19 vaccine for Syria, and traded prisoners in exchange.
Israeli medical personnel prepare for vaccinationAdditionally, Israeli military radio at the time cited government sources and said Prime Minister Netanyahu discussed how to provide vaccines to unspecified countries as a means of improving diplomatic status in interviews with government officials.
Consequently, it has been observed that Israel will use the vaccine as a means of diplomacy.
Israel, which secured a large volume early in exchange for providing real-time vaccine data to vaccine maker Pfizer, began vaccination on December 19 last year.
So far, about 48% of the total population (9.3 million), or 4.46 million people, have completed the first vaccination, and about 33%, or 3.07 million, have completed the second vaccination.
However, Israel has been criticized by the international community for failing to administer vaccines to Palestine, an issue of conflict.
Since then, Israel decided to provide 5,000 doses of vaccine to Palestinian medical personnel and recently delivered 2,000 doses.
On the other hand, Pfizer CEO Albert Burla (CEO), who supplied supplies to help Israel get vaccinated quickly, will visit Israel at the invitation of Prime Minister Netanyahu on the 8th of next month.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said: “My friend Burla has promised to continue supplying me with the Pfizer vaccine.” Israel is expected to receive the last delivery of Pfizer vaccines ordered within two weeks.
Additionally, Prime Minister Netanyahu explained that he will also discuss the construction of a local vaccine production facility and a research and development center with Burla’s chief executive.
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