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4 million vaccine doses will arrive in Israel by the end of the month: "To prepare for vaccination in January"

According to HMO officials, the Ministry of Health has made it clear that they must prepare to start vaccinating patients as early as 2021. "There is a good chance that in February we will be in another world," a senior official estimated.

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Meirav Cohen

Thursday, 03 December 2020, 20:26

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In the video: The British Minister of Health expresses satisfaction with the approval for the use of the Pfizer vaccine (Photo: Reuters, edited by Tal Reznik)

Four million doses of Pfizer vaccines against the corona virus are expected to arrive in Israel by the end of the month, HMO officials said tonight (Thursday).

According to them, the Ministry of Health clarified that they must prepare to start vaccinating the patients as early as January.

A senior HMO official estimated that there is a "good chance that in February we will be in another world."

This information comes after the UK yesterday approved the company's vaccine for use.

In Israel, they would have been encouraged to make the decision by the UK Medicines Regulatory Authority (MHRA), but are still waiting for the complementary results and full safety data of the trial, which will be presented to the scientific community in just a few days.

In any case, the decision to approve the vaccine in Israel will come only after a decision by the US regulator, the FDA, although the Ministry of Health clarifies that the decision on the matter will be made independently, regardless of the world's leading authorities.

"Israel is an independent regulatory authority, any vaccine given in the country must be approved by the Ministry of Health," it said.

Pfizer plant in Belgium (Photo: Reuters)

Earlier, the director general of the Ministry of Health, Professor Hezi Levy, warned against public complacency ahead of the arrival of the vaccines against the corona virus.

We must continue with the social distance. "

In addition, he noted that according to the ministry, the order of recoverers or the number of people who have developed antibodies to the virus ranges from 700,000 to one million people in Israel.

Dr. Erez Gerti, an immunologist at the Davidson Institute for Science Education, explained to Walla !

NEWS that "the English authorities are very serious and can be trusted", saying that following the Brexit and their disengagement from Europe they may have been more agile from the EU as well as from the United States - which has not yet given the vaccine the emergency permit.

More on Walla!

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Israel is satisfied with the British approval for the vaccine, but is still waiting for the full research results

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"England have suffered a fatal blow in the previous wave and are also hurting in the current wave, they want to get over it and everyone understands that an effective vaccine is the only way to get there," said Dr Gerty. "I guess there are no corners, in the end everyone is exposed to the same information and everyone examines "

Gertie added that it is of paramount importance to be extra careful and avoid mistakes when approving a vaccine, due to the potential to undermine the confidence of the vaccinated public." It is clear to everyone that if there are mistakes, public confidence will be harmed and he will not be vaccinated. more confident, "he said.

He said Israel still awaiting US approval of the vaccine to be safe." the FDA will hold the hearing next week, so the decision of the British crucial for Israel that the vaccine has not arrived to Israel, "he said." it is important to remember that what The Pfizer vaccine will be approved by the FDA on December 10, and a week later it will be tested by the European Authority.

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