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"We will not start vaccinating against the flu before November" Israel today

2020-08-10T13:31:22.338Z


| healthAccording to the director general of the Ministry of Health, we will now examine who will be vaccinated first to prevent infections: "There will be transparency" • MK Katz: "There is no information about the corona, we are facing a difficult period" Prof. Hezi Levy. Check who should be vaccinated to prevent infection Photo:  Oren Ben Hakon - Archive Purchase five million vaccines and prioriti...


According to the director general of the Ministry of Health, we will now examine who will be vaccinated first to prevent infections: "There will be transparency" • MK Katz: "There is no information about the corona, we are facing a difficult period"

  • Prof. Hezi Levy. Check who should be vaccinated to prevent infection

    Photo: 

    Oren Ben Hakon - Archive

Purchase five million vaccines and prioritize for at-risk populations: These are the tasks facing the Ministry of Health before winter. In a discussion held today (Monday) in the Labor, Welfare and Health Committee against the background of the shortage of flu vaccines, the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy, clarified: "Everything will be done transparently, for medical and scientific reasons."

According to Prof. Levy, it is now known about the purchase of three million vaccines, but "we have set a goal to get at least five million - and that includes efforts in crooked ways to bring more. There is tremendous competition. If we take the influence off the table by vaccines and social distance behavior," "As has happened in countries like Australia, we can deal mainly with Corona and prevent double morbidity."

Photo: GPO

He added that the ministry is now dealing with the question "who should be vaccinated to prevent as many pathogens and diseases as possible. Everything will be done transparently, for medical and scientific reasons. The key will be proper public behavior, procurement of vaccines and training people from now on." "All the preparations with all the factors. I do not estimate that we will start vaccinating before November."

During the discussion, committee chairman MK Haim Katz said: "We are going through a very difficult period, because we still do not really know what corona is and lack of information is a difficult problem. I hope there will be a vaccine soon but in the meantime need a quick response time for corona testing to download "

Knesset members Etty Atia and Jaber Asakla were also present at the hearing. "There is going to be a real danger this coming winter," MK Atia warned. "There will be a lot of confusion between Corona patients and flu patients. "MDA says we will need four million vaccines and in practice it seems that we will have much less. We need to wake up and not be indifferent."

MK Asakla said: “When an adult arrives with symptoms it is difficult to determine whether it is the flu or the corona, and I fear the confusion. "Awareness of the need for immunization is not high enough among the older Arab population, so a massive media campaign in the Arabic language is needed to encourage these people to get vaccinated."

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MK Idakala joined MK Idan Roll's concern. "I'm worried," he declared. "I do not think we are talking enough about the Corona flu tsunami that awaits us this coming winter. It is important that Israeli citizens know that we are going into winter with a shortage of flu vaccines. If they knew this just a minute before winter - there would be a catastrophe. "This is not giving people enough information and not allowing them to prepare."

Source: israelhayom

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