Approximately one million vaccinated: The Ministry of Health announced this morning (Friday) that in the last day, more than 153,000 Israelis have been vaccinated at 325 vaccine stations across the country against the corona virus. It was also reported that so far we have vaccinated about 950,000 people.
The vaccines arrive at Barzilai Hospital. Photo: Barzilai spokeswoman
The director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy, said yesterday that about two million Israelis will be vaccinated in the first dose by January 10, after which there will be a delay in the vaccination campaign. “We have planned a certain vaccination rate for the population, but there will be a delay. About two weeks after the end of the first dose vaccination for another start of the first vaccine, “he explained during a press briefing,” during this time, we will vaccinate the second vaccine for those who have arrived on time. “This is currently the plan, unless it is changed by the advent of more vaccines, I hope I will be deceived and more vaccines will come.”
On the mutation, the professor said that “it still exists in European countries, not just in England”, adding that “tightening and closure are increasing in areas where the mutation is common. We in the State of Israel, ask all returnees to give tests, enter isolation, regardless of which country they came from. “After two tests, for ten days of isolation and if no disease has developed, they can come out of isolation.”
He said, “What we know about this mutation is that it is more contagious, passes faster, but it has not lengthened or worsened. It remains the same disease and the vaccine we give as well as the modern vaccine, are not affected. That is, they affect the virus. The virus is not Vaccine resistant. “