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No country is vaccinated as quickly as Israel. Almost a million people have already received the vaccine. How is that possible?
Since December 19, a mass vaccination campaign has been carried out in Israel. The initial skepticism of many against vaccination was followed by a huge rush to vaccination stations.
Legend:
There is a huge white tent in Tel Aviv’s central Rabin Square. Citizens can get vaccinated against the coronavirus there every minute.
Reuters
According to information from Oxford researchers, no other country is vaccinated against the crown as quickly as Israel. A chart on the “Our World in Data” website compares different countries based on the number of doses administered per 100 inhabitants. At 9.18 cans per 100 inhabitants (as of Dec. 30), Israel has a clear advantage there, although not in absolute numbers, because the US, China and Britain lead there. How does the small country of Israel handle such a fast pace?
Netanyahu is pushing
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already declared Israel a “crown vaccination world champion.” From the beginning, he made the race for the crown vaccine a top priority. Netanyahu repeatedly called Pfizer boss Albert Bourla to secure millions of doses of vaccines for his country. When the 71-year-old man was the first to be vaccinated with the Biontech Pfizer vaccine, he said that Bourla was now “a personal friend of mine and a great friend of the State of Israel.” The head of government had also previously said that Bourla was very proud of his Jewish-Greek ancestry.
According to Netanyahu, Israel agreed to supply eight million doses of vaccines with Pfizer and six million doses of vaccines with Moderna. Moderna’s medical director, Dr. Tal Zaks is Israeli, he studied in the desert town of Beersheva.
According to media reports, millions of doses of vaccines are already in the country; the exact number is kept secret. When the first doses of Biontech-Pfizer vaccine landed in Israel on December 9, Netanyahu received them personally at the airport.
Many reasons
Professor Arnon Afek, deputy director of the Schiba Hospital near Tel Aviv, sees several reasons for the particularly successful course of the vaccination campaign in Israel.
- Very strong public health system with health insurance for all citizens. The model is based on the German system, with health insurance companies and hospitals, says Afek.
- Furthermore, Israel is one high-tech country with world leading medical equipment and excellent storage options for the corona vaccine.
- In addition, Israelis reacted quickly and effectively to crisis situations, emphasizes the former director general of the Ministry of Health. A lot Nurses often stayed after the end of the service voluntary for one more shift to vaccinate more people.
- Last but not least, Israel is a small country.
- According to media reports, Israel pays one for Biontech Pfizer vaccine 40 percent higher price that in the US, compared to Europe, the difference is even greater.
Netanyahu was repeatedly criticized for his crown policy. He refused, for example, to impose selective closures on residential areas with many strictly religious Jews, even though infection rates were particularly high there. His critics say he feared ultra-Orthodox parties would withdraw their automatic support.
Now Netanyahu wants to score with the impressive vaccination campaign. On March 23, Israel will elect a new parliament for the fourth time in two years. Netanyahu, against whom a process of corruption is developing, fights for his political survival.
