More than a million people in Israel have already received a vaccine against the coronavirus. The Prime Minister describes the country as the “vaccination world champion”.
- In Israel are already more than a million people against that Coronavirus been vaccinated.
- This puts the state in front of the Federal Republic Germany.
- Israel but pays significantly more money pro Vaccination dose.
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Tel Aviv – More and more New infections, many deaths and strict measures. The Coronavirus continues to rage on every continent on earth. While in Germany the vaccination campaign in the fight against the pandemic is only slowly picking up pace Israel already vaccinated more than a million people. That corresponds to over ten Percent of the total population.
Corona: Benjamin Netanyahu describes Israel as “vaccination world champion”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu already has its state as “Vaccination World Champion” designated. He said his goal is 5,5 millions Vaccinated reach out to the Corona-Pandemie to stop. According to the Israeli Ministry of Health, more than 40 percent of people over 60 have already had their first dose of Biontech / Pfizer vaccine receive. That reports the “ZDF”. But how did Israel manage to vaccinate so many citizens against the coronavirus within a very short time?
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, is vaccinated against Corona in the Shiba Hospital.
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Had very early Netanyahu the race for the Corona vaccine declared a top priority. As reported by the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, he repeatedly phoned the Pfizer boss Albert Bourlato several Millions of vaccine doses secure for the country. According to the Prime Minister, the small Mediterranean state has Pfizer the delivery of eight million vaccine doses and with Modern the delivery of six million vaccine doses agreed. How many cans already in Israel arrived is not known.
Corona in Israel: Strong health system in a high-tech country
Professor Arnon Afek, Deputy Director of the Schiba Hospital near Tel Aviv, sees various reasons for the particularly successful course of the Corona-Impfkampagne in Israel. “First, we have a very strong public health system, with health insurance for all citizens,” said the former General Director of Ministry of Health. Furthermore be Israel a high-tech country with world-class medical equipment and excellent storage facilities for the Corona vaccine.
| Land | Israel |
| Residents | 9.1 million |
| area | 22,380 square kilometers |
| Capital | Jerusalem |
| Head of government | Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Head of state | Reuven Rivlin |
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In addition, they are Israelis according to Afek a very committed, agile people who work quickly and effectively Crisis situations could react. Many nurses, for example, often voluntarily stayed on for one more shift after the end of their service to help even more citizens vaccinate to be able to. “Everyone went to war together – the war against that Coronavirus“, Says the deputy director of the Schiba hospital Tel Aviv.
Corona pandemic: “pilot project” in Israel
It must also be noted that Israel is a very small country. There is no division into federal states. “It is easier to vaccinate the population quickly than in a large country like Germany with more than 80 million inhabitants, ”reports Afek. See information from the Jediot Achronot newspaper Biontech/Pfizer such as Modern the state on the Mediterranean coast as ideal because of these conditions “Pilot project”to quickly see the success of their Corona vaccines to prove.
In Israel, almost a million citizens have been vaccinated against the corona virus less than two weeks after the campaign began. https://t.co/e0TgD1nnKm
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The swift vaccinations against that Coronavirus cost the state a lot of money. Israel pays for the vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer according to a report by the news portal “T-Online” 40 percent more than, for example, the USA. The difference to the European states is even greater. According to a list accidentally published by Belgian State Secretary for Finance Eva De Bleeker, one costs Dose in Europe twelve euros. Israel pays whole 23 euros per dose.
Israel: criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu’s corona policy
Benjamin Netanyahu was because of him Corona-Politics has come under strong criticism in recent months. For example, he refused to impose selective lockdowns in residential areas with many strictly religious Jews, even though there were Corona infection numbers were particularly high, as reported by “T-Online”. The corona numbers have also skyrocketed in the past few weeks Israel up again. Well want Netanyahu with the Impfcampagne regain lost trust. On March 23, the country will vote for a new one Parliament. Political scientist Jonathan Rynhold sees the Prime Minister’s approach to the Impfcampagne also as a clear “strategy to show that he is the most efficient leader and protects the public from inside and outside”. (Tobias Ketter)
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