THE GUARDIAN
How has Israel launched the world’s fastest Covid vaccination drive?
by Oliver Holmes
December 30, 2020

As the UK approves of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, the latest jab to gain approval, a global effort to vaccinate billions gathers momentum. Governments worldwide will be looking at Israel, which is roaring ahead with an ambitious inoculation drive. By the end of this week, the country of 9 million is expected to have injected more than 10% of its population with vaccines, a far higher fraction than other states including the UK, which began vaccinating almost two weeks earlier. The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has promised Israelis that the country will be the first to “emerge” from the pandemic if they cooperate. READ MORE

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Health Minister Yuli Edelstein visits vaccination center in Sderot, assures the public that there will be no shortage of COVID vaccines.