Keys to Israel’s Success in Managing the Pandemic

In less than four months, Israel has achieved resounding success in its vaccination campaign and is the absolute leader in the number of vaccinated per capita, the result of a unique agreement in the world with the American pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

The latter promised to provide all the necessary doses in exchange for official statistics, figures that come easily and quickly given the small size of the country’s population of nine million.

“I spoke with a few heads of state, including (Israeli Prime Minister) Netanyahu, who convinced me that Israel qualifies for the experiment,” Pfizer CEO said, Albert Bourla, in an interview with the local press.

He also pointed out that Israel’s prepaid system was a deciding factor in choosing the country. “Few countries have such a system,” said Bourla.

New normal

March 7 Netanyahu government gives green light with general reopening after three deliveries in one year, nearly 6,000 deaths from COVID-19 and an economic crisis that has led to unemployment at 25%, in the first four months of the pandemic in 2020.

However, favorable signs were increasing in recent days and an example of this took place in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that it was “the first army in the world to obtain collective immunity, with 81% vaccinatedAs reported by the army in an official statement and they assure that during the weekend, they will reach 85%.

On another side, the civilian population celebrated the return of bars, restaurants and concerts.

The only condition to access a gastronomic or closed establishment is to present the appeal “Green document” at the entrance.

This is an official certificate that includes personal data and where it is established that the person presenting it has received both doses.

Those who have not been vaccinated, for whatever reason, will be able to enjoy the outdoors, although wearing a chin strap is always compulsory in both cases.

The next challenge will be the general reopening of the sky, which is expected to take place in the coming weeks.. At the moment, only Israeli citizens can return to the country on rescue flights from some central European destinations, but airlines are already preparing.

Elections

In 10 days a new round of general elections will take place, the fourth in less than two years with the coronavirus as the determining phenomenon: either Netanyahu will succeed in forming a government thanks to the success of the vaccines, or COVID-19 will take it. .

To date, Israel has suffered 5,967 deaths from the virus and 2,500 daily infections, 600 critically ill patients and more than five million double-vaccinated. A few weeks before the realization of “collective immunity”.

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