"By the end of December, half of the children will be vaccinated," Prime Minister Naftali Bennett launched the 11-5-year-olds' vaccination campaign with an ambitious goal a month ago.
Between half a million and 600,000 children, in the direction of Bennett.
But in practice, by the end of the first month, less than a third of the government's coveted target had been vaccinated so far - 14% of children, about 170,000.
Two weeks ago, an operation began to send storage depots to schools (vaccine mobility), which resulted in the vaccination of about 2,000 children daily in about 40 schools.
Last Wednesday, the vehicles were vaccinated in malls and local authorities, and were replaced by student health nurses, who visit about 100 schools every day.
For this operation, too, Bennett has set an ambitious goal of vaccinating tens of thousands of children every day.
To date, on the first day of the operation, 3,700 adults and children have been vaccinated in 70 schools, 14 malls and 14 authorities.
Despite the ambitious goals, the number of vaccinated children is rising at a very slow rate (see graph).
However, the Ministry of Health is encouraged by the immunization data of children, which are rising at a faster rate than those of 15-12 year olds when immunization in this group began.
The Ministry of Health estimates that the operation will gain momentum in the coming days, when even at the immunization points they will know how to prepare with the sufficient amount of vaccines.
Dr. Arnon Shachar, director of the corona department at Maccabi Health Services and a member of the IDF (the team for treating epidemics): "The opposite is true - before the sharp turn that the State of Israel will meet soon, it is worth arriving as vaccinated and protected as possible."
He added that "Accessibility of vaccines in schools is important, and gives an important tier in raising the response to working parents. Pike News in networks makes hesitant parents to rely on incorrect information and wait with the decision. Placing mobility in schools and malls Busy with everyday worries. "
For those who want to wait to see what the implications of the omicron are, Dr. Shachar recommends: "It is important to arrive as prepared as possible - we see 'fresh' booster cream protects against infection more than an old booster in everything related to the omicron.
There is no doubt that we are uncertain about the level of violence of the Omicron variant - we all hope that it will indeed be significantly less violent, but it is still very important to protect the general population and children in particular as much as possible.
"The health of the children and the prevention of serious illness or minor complications of even a minor illness (Pimas or Long Cobid, for example) while maintaining their daily routine and preventing isolation, are important in dealing with the epidemic."
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