Coronavirus: which country will be the first to obtain collective immunity

Israel, which according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is the first country to obtain collective immunity coronavirus, to be issued next Sunday a “green passport” vaccinated as it continues to ease restrictions due to the pandemic, authorities reported today.

This passport which will come into force next Sunday and that It will be given to each citizen immunized with the two doses of the vaccine against the covid-19, allow the wearer to go to gyms, swimming pools and hotels, among others.

In addition, it is planned to be essential for trips abroad; Israel recently signed agreements with Greece and Cyprus for the exchange of vaccinated tourists.

Faced with the positions of experts who recently opposed the easy falsification of the passport, which is downloaded from the website of the Ministry of Health, the portfolio manager, Yuli Edelstein, provided that those who falsified it would be put in prison.

“Those who think it is a game and that they can print a vaccination certificate without being identified, will be really identified and their activities could end up leading them to jail,” he said today, quoted by the ANSA news agency.

In parallel, the PAHO Deputy Director Jarbas Barbosa, I estimated today that Israel will be the first country in the world to obtain collective immunity against covid-19.

“For covid-19, it is believed that we will have to reach at least 70% of the vaccinated population to think about controlling transmission. Other models speak of up to 90%,” Barbosa said at a conference Virtual.

“We’ll have to see what happens in real life. I think Israel will be the first country to reach 70% and we are going to look at what is happening in Israel ”, he added.

Until now, Israel, which has administered only the Pfizer / BioNTech, vaccinated with a dose of at least 45.3% of citizens, or 4,138,000 people, while another 2,762,000, 30.2% of the population, also received the second request.

Israel registered in the last 24 hours 4706 cases, informed the Ministry of Health, which ratified the sustained decrease in the number of daily infections.

Notwithstanding the progress in immunization and improved health statistics, the authorities have decided to extend by two weeks, until March 6, the closure of the borders – which includes international flights – which in principle will govern until next Saturday, a government statement quoted by the agency said. AFP.