HMOs report a low response to the vaccination campaign among teaching staff and also in the new age groups, and welcomed the expansion of the campaign. A source at one of the funds stated that the funds had already been prepared in recent days to expand the operation.
It should be noted, however, that a source in the Priority Committee, which determines the order of vaccinations, noted that the Priority Committee did not decide on the matter at all.
Vaccinations began at age 50 // Photo: Moshe Ben Simhon, Yoni Rikner, Shmuel Buharis
The Ministry of Health updated that yesterday 9,172 new verified corona virus were found, out of 123,081 tests performed. The rate of positive tests remains high at 7.6%. The situation published this morning also showed that 78,430 people are defined as active blue, of whom 1,848 are hospitalized. Of the patients in the hospitals, 1,097 patients are defined as in critical condition. To date, 3,869 people have died since the outbreak of the plague in Israel.
On the other hand, the data published by the Ministry of Health regarding the vaccination campaign shows a positive situation. To date, 1,992,720 people have been vaccinated with the first dose of the corona vaccine and 169,171 people have already been vaccinated with the second dose.
Currently, the number of deaths since the outbreak of the plague in Israel stands at 3,869 people, after 26 people died yesterday and on Wednesday 50 people died from the complications of the disease.