Israeli vaccination over 60 years has reduced the age group receiving that COVID-19 by nearly half and the number of serious cases in that group has more than a quarter in the past two weeks, the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. .
Israel began its vaccination program in December. 19 and so far it has reached 35% of the population 9 million, the government says. It has set March as a target date for reaching 50% of the population in hopes of eradicating highly infectious viral changes, but they are worried about passing .
One admitted for coronavirus at a clinic in central Israel
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Netanyahu visited the success of the program in televised comments to his cabinet, which came together to discuss a proposed extension of a more than five-week national lock.
“Over the past 16 days, among those over the age of 60, there has been a 26% reduction in hospital for severe complications (complications) and a reduction of around 45% in confirmed cases “This is a direct result of the vaccines,” he said.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a vaccination center in Jerusalem last week
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Netanyahu has said that 95% of COVID-19 deaths in Israel – the total at 4,975 as of Thursday – have been among people over 60.
According to the Ministry of Health, 84% of people over 60 have now received the vaccine, made by Pfizer Inc. He did not immediately provide a more detailed explanation of how many of these people received both doses of vaccine and when.
On Thursday, vaccines were available to all Israelis over 16 years.
“Go get the vaccine. The vaccines work,” Netanyahu said.