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About a third of those vaccinated are in the target group of people aged 60 and over. The encouraging data are that in peripheral cities the immunization rate is high, in contrast to the fear that vaccines are inaccessible. The disturbing fact is that in Arab and ultra-Orthodox localities, immunization rates are low. From the data we publish for the first time, it is possible to learn how much we were vaccinated in each locality in the country.
The leading cities in the vaccination rate are encouraging cities in the periphery, including Arad, where the vaccination rate is 1,522 per 10,000 residents, Mevaseret Zion, Kiryat Shmona, Dimona and Nahariya.
The director general of the Ministry of Health estimates: “We will start vaccinating the young population in February” // Photo: GPO
The localities with the lowest rate of vaccinations are the Bedouin cities of Segev Shalom, Tel Sheva, Lakia and Arara in the Negev, along with Modi’in Illit, Beitar Illit and Elad.
Data from the local government center show that 48,748 people were vaccinated in Tel Aviv, 53,495 in Jerusalem, 10,357 in Bnei Brak, 4,699 people were vaccinated in Sakhnin and only 307 in Betar Illit.
Meanwhile, the first-priority priority groups for vaccines were added yesterday hospitalized in geriatric wards, burial society workers caring for corona victims, inmates and wardens. This is alongside people aged 60 and over and medical staff, as well as organ transplants and cancer patients or hematologic diseases, as has been the case so far.
Dr. Boaz Lev, chairman of the priority group, noted that the next priority group for the vaccine will be teachers, kindergarten teachers and people who are overexposed.
Since the beginning of the vaccination campaign, only about 650 vaccines have been destroyed out of a total of about 900,000 vaccines given. This is a very high utilization. The vaccines that were discarded are about 0.08% of all vaccines. The greatest waste was recorded in the unified complexes operated by the Home Front Command, including all the funds together. Most of the vaccines were destroyed there.
The Ministry of Health notes that “a refresh has been made to promote additional populations in the order of the label as much as possible in order to avoid wasting vaccines.” A directive from the Department of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Health stated that “in situations where vaccine doses remain that should be used so that they are not thrown away, people aged 55 to 59 should be given priority.” Clalit Health Services announced yesterday that it will schedule chronic patients aged 55 and over to be vaccinated.
Regarding the possibility that the quarantine will be extended, he said: “We are monitoring the morbidity indices and are considering tightening the restrictions – reducing the study, staff and traffic. The quarantine is planned for two weeks, if nothing happens we will have to think and suggest tightening the aggravations.” He expressed concern about the rise in morbidity rates and noted that “every day there are another 100 new serious patients and 30 die as a result of corona virus complications, and the verified rate is 6.2%,” Prof. Levy said.
The director general of the Ministry of Health expressed concern about the reports on New Year’s parties: “We are now seeing the morbidity increase as a result of Hanukkah, so we are afraid that we will see these things on New Year’s Eve as well.”
According to data from the Ministry of Health, 150,622 vaccines were given throughout the country yesterday as part of the Israeli “give shoulder” vaccination campaign. MRumor has it that the 900,000 Israelis have already been vaccinated against the virus.
Meanwhile, due to the increase in morbidity in Corona, the Ministry of Health reported that in recent days, heavy loads have been recorded in hospitals across the country, and in Hadassah Ein Kerem and Shaare Zedek hospitals in Jerusalem, more than 90 percent occupancy has been recorded.
The chairman of the local government center, Haim Bibbs, praised the local authorities and said: “I am proud that they have fully joined the national vaccination campaign and encourage vaccination, and are involved in informing and making the vaccines accessible to all residents. We will stand by the Ministry of Health and the HMOs to continue vaccinating the residents, while ensuring that the vaccines are accessible to all populations, localities and sectors, with an emphasis on the Arab sector. “