Within a Week: Leap in Response to Pediatric Vaccines Israel today

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The proportion of children in the Arab sector who received a vaccine dose to Corona has quadrupled in the past week, from only 1.1% to 4.6%.

It is estimated that this is due to the vaccination campaign in schools.

As you may recall, last week we reported that there is a 13-fold difference in the rate of immunization to the detriment of the Arab sector and seven times to the detriment of the ultra-Orthodox sector.

In the ultra-Orthodox sector, the immunization rate has risen by less than one percent in the past week - from 1.9% to 2.6%, and in the general sector there has been an increase in immunization from 14% to 17.4%.

In the first week of vaccine mobility activities in schools, 11,745 children and another 450 adults were vaccinated, for a total of 12,195 people.

In localities where vaccine vehicles such as Jisr a-Zarqa, Buqata or Majd al-Krum arrived, more than 25% were vaccinated (see chart).

Vaccinations were carried out in 216 schools and in 33 complexes in the authorities.

"Feeling much safer when going out to events."

Vaccination of the second dose for children has begun at the Maccabi Health Insurance Fund

The Ministry of Health intends to expand the immunization campaign and also recruit staff from the hospitals.

A source in the ministry noted that the number of mobility vaccines for children will increase from 50 to 150 by about 500 points per day.

Despite the logistical capabilities of the Home Front Command and the IDF, the Ministry of Health insists on hardly using the Home Front Command.

Data from the Maccabi Health Fund show that there has been a 1% -2% increase in vaccination in the ultra-Orthodox and Arab sectors.

In the ultra-Orthodox sector, 5.1% of those aged 5-12 were vaccinated, in the Arab sector 4.1%, and in the general sector 25.5%.

Data from the United Health Insurance Fund show that so far we have vaccinated 15,750 children with the first dose of vaccine for 5-11 year olds.

We vaccinated 6.85% in the Arab sector - an increase of 1.85% from last week, in the ultra-Orthodox sector 12.5%, and in the religious-national sector 12.78%.

Data from the National Health Fund show that there has been a jump in the rate of vaccinators in the Arab sector from 3.5% last week to 8% this week.

No similar jump was recorded in the ultra-Orthodox population.

Clalit Health Fund data show that there has been an increase of about 30% in the average number of vaccinated people compared with the previous two weeks.

It also shows that in Arab society there was an increase of about 300 percent compared to weeks ago.

"Since the vaccination campaign is targeted at children, the gap is definitely narrowing," said Dr. Doron Dushnitzky, director of the Corona Recovery Department at Leumit and a member of the IDF.

"The operation is more important in the Arab and ultra-Orthodox sectors, because in the general population the problem of accessibility is less dramatic. But the rate of immunization in children is still declining."

Dr. Arnon Shachar, head of the corona department at Maccabi: "There is no doubt that vaccines in schools are another simple place to make the vaccine accessible, as we have been doing for many years.

It is important that it is given within schools, such as flu vaccines and other vaccines. "

Prof. Tzachi Grossman, chairman of the Pediatrics Association: "All indications are that we are on the verge of a fifth wave.

Parents of the children of Israel, I turn to you in person - go out now and protect the children.

The vaccine is safe and has passed all the approvals in Israel and around the world. "

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