Despite attempts to encourage the population to get vaccinated, almost a million Israelis have not yet been vaccinated with the booster dose.
"There is a special problem with people who have been vaccinated twice and not a third time, a problem of false consciousness," Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said yesterday.
"They think they are protected but they are infected," he said.
However, it turns out that even among medical staff and hospital staff there is a high rate of unvaccinated.
Hospital data show that there are hospitals where only 13% of staff are vaccinated, and even less.
According to the data, the hospitals that lead in the booster immunization rate are Medical Center (100% of the staff are vaccinated);
Rambam and Poria (95% each); Ichilov (93%) Hadassah Ein Kerem and Ziv (90% each); Hadassah Mount Scopus (89%); and Shaare Zedek (86%). After them are, among others, Sheba (81.9%), Schneider (79.3%), Shamir-Assaf Harofe (78.3%), Assuta Ashdod (74%), the Holy Family in Nazareth (81.1%), and Assuta Tel Aviv (65%).
Immunization data in hospitals in Israel,
On the other hand, although the average number of hospitalizations in the Ministry of Health is 81% vaccination, there are hospitals where the booster immunization rate is particularly low - including geriatric and psychiatric hospitals where the staff treats populations that are defined as at risk for corona complications.
At Laniado Hospital only about half (55.8%) of the staff are vaccinated in the third dose, at Shmuel Harofe (geriatric) only 13.7% and at the Sha'ar Menashe Psychiatric Hospital only 3.3% of the staff and medical staff are vaccinated with a booster.
Prof. Adi Leiba, Deputy Director of Assuta Ashdod Public Hospital, said: "To my delight, since receiving the Ministry of Health's welcome request to increase the booster dose to Corona, the few who have not yet done so have been vaccinated and have reached almost maximum immunizations."
"We see what is happening in Europe, and unfortunately I am not in the ranks. The Corona is still with us, and all health care workers should set a personal example and go get vaccinated with a booster, and beautiful one hour earlier."
Adva Lotan, Chairman of the Mada'at Association: "It is very important to ensure high immunization coverage in hospitals and health funds, in order to protect both the patient public and the medical staff.
This is especially true for those who come into contact with high-risk populations. "