Israel has already vaccinated half of its population against the coronavirus

Israel, a country of 9.2 million inhabitants which has been leading since the end of December the most intense vaccination campaign in the world, He gradually came out of his third childbirth in early February.

The Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has reached an agreement with the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer this allowed Israel to quickly obtain millions of doses of the vaccine in exchange for biomedical data on their effects. Since then, Thursday has reached 1.1%, against 6% at the end of February, according to the Ministry of Health.

Since the start of the pandemic, 6,157 Israelis have died out of a total of more than 830,000 infected with the coronavirus.

Israel has been criticized for not distributing enough doses to the Palestinian territories, something which, according to human rights organizations, is its obligation as the occupying power of these lands.

Palestinian Autonomous Government began vaccinating people over 75 years old last Sunday and some patients in the West Bank, days after receiving a batch of vaccination devices Covax intended for disadvantaged regions. The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is also planning the delivery of 100,000 doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine.

In the Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip, meanwhile, More than 20,000 of the 60,000 doses of the Covax device were transferred last week. Some Gazans had already been able to get vaccinated after receiving some 60,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine from United Arab Emirates.