But unlike the UK, the system has a “push” as well as a “pull” function. If you have been forgotten or neglected in some way you can just call your HMO, provide your ID number and get an order near your place. Meetings are often scheduled for the next day.
The Israeli system also has a stimulus outside of inoculation itself. It is expected to be the first country to begin issuing a “green passport” to residents who have received the full two-dose vaccine – effectively a passport out of lock-in.
Ministry of Health Director General Chezy Levy told Channel 12 News that the passport will be automatically issued two weeks after the second required dose of the vaccine has been given.
The certificate will allow residents to travel abroad without a PCR test, exempt them from some mandatory quarantines and provide access to cultural events and restaurants once the current national lockdown is lifted.
Demand for the vaccines has been so high and reports have circulated of ineligible people waiting outside vaccination centers hoping to receive remaining doses of the vaccine at the end of each day – views that could go to waste.
“This type of strategy is drawing public attention to vaccine approval. I see people around me changing their minds and wanting to be vaccinated, ”said Dr Moses.
“The only thing that will delay the vaccination rate now is if there is a delay in any delivery.”
Initially, only large vaccination centers have been opened in central locations, but smaller neighborhood sites – reportedly a key part of the vaccination campaign – are open to ensure that it is accessible to all. By the end of the week, 250 sites are expected to be operational across the country.
The use of larger centers is “related to vaccine provision,” Ian Miskin, head of coronavirus and vaccine care for Clalit’s health care provider, told the Israeli Times.
“The bottles, which come from a deep cold freeze, are delivered to us in glasses of 195 bottles, for a total of 975 doses. To protect bottles, this is how they are packed, and we are not allowed to move them after delivery. However, as they can only be kept after disinfection for four days, all vaccinated areas must [to] to almost 250 people a day, which is why we work in large central locations, ”he said.
The government has also stepped up its efforts to focus on disinfection around the vaccine, with medical professionals “almost always” on TV reassuring people that safe vaccine.
The Israeli justice ministry said, at its request, that Facebook had dropped four groups at the start of the vaccination campaign that had distributed texts, photos and videos with “deliberate content designed to deceive about coronavirus vaccines ”.