Delivery of Pfizer with about 700,000 vaccine doses is expected to arrive in the country in the afternoon • The Minister of Health ordered the possibility of vaccinations at night to speed up the pace • "We are in incredible numbers", he said • About 72% of people aged 60 and over have already taken The first course • Check: How much have we been vaccinated in your locality?
Operation "Returning to Life":
Health Minister Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein today (Sunday) held a situation assessment with senior officials of his ministry, noting that "by the end of March we will be able to vaccinate about five million citizens in the first dose."
The Minister instructed the ministry staff to check the possibility of vaccinations even at night to allow for vaccination as quickly as possible.
This is in light of the landing of significant amounts of vaccines in the coming days.
Another Pfizer shipment is expected to arrive today.
Ministry officials presented to the minister the priorities set as well as the vaccination campaign of the teaching staffs scheduled to take place on Wednesday-Friday this week.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received the second vaccine dose yesterday // Photo: GPO
To date, we have vaccinated 1,817,000 people in the first dose.
Data from the Ministry of Health show that more than 72% of those aged 60 and over in Israel have already been vaccinated.
This is 81% of people aged 79-70 and 76% of citizens over the age of 80.
The Minister of Health emphasized that even as the vaccines are opened to other populations, he asks that preference be given to those who come to be vaccinated at advanced ages.
"We are in staggering numbers of more than 72 percent of adults. This figure should spur us even further to continue giving priority to them, understanding that they are the population at risk," Edelstein said.
Check how much we have been vaccinated in your locality
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health published a segmentation of the number of vaccinators by age and locality.
This report presents localities with more than 2,000 inhabitants.
It should be noted that there are manual records that have not yet been received from "Protecting Fathers and Mothers".
The head of the corona, Prof. Nachman Ash, received the second vaccine dose this morning // Photo: GPO
Along with the encouraging news, it should be noted that the number of new patients has reached a peak (1,029).
Yesterday, 5,047 people were diagnosed with corona in Israel.
80,233 new tests were performed, bringing the positive rate to 6.3%.
There are currently 68,933 active Corona patients in Israel, 1,721 of whom are hospitalized.
1,029 people in critical condition (299 of them in critical condition) and 308 in moderate condition.
240 of the patients are respiratory.
Since midnight, 19,819 tests have been performed, 1,211 of which have been positive - and the positive result rate as of 10:32 is 6.1%.
Since the outbreak of the plague, 3,651 people have died in Israel from the virus.
5,680 healthcare professionals are currently in isolation or have been vaccinated against the virus, 671 of them are doctors and 1,466 are brothers and sisters.
Participated in the preparation of the article: Assaf Golan
