Palestine rejects Israel’s donation of 1 million vaccines

This Friday, the government of Israel announced plans to deliver 1 million coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority about to expire, following an agreement between the two parties. However, after accepting the deal, surprisingly, the Palestinian Authority Minister of Health, Mai al-Kaila, rejected the pact. “Teams from the relevant ministry have verified that the vaccines we received today from Israel do not meet specifications, so the government has decided to return them.», Assured the person in charge.

In turn, the spokesperson for the Palestinian government, Ibrahim Melhem, indicated that “after examination by the technical teams of the Ministry of Health of the first batch of Pfizer vaccines received this evening from Israel (…) we found that this was not in line with the characteristics of the agreement. Government refuses to receive vaccines about to expire”.

Previously, it had been reported in a joint statement that “Israel has signed an agreement with the Palestinian Authority and will deliver one million doses of the expiring Pfizer vaccine and receive in return the doses that the Pfizer company was to send to the Palestinian Authority.”.

The letter signed by the Prime Minister’s Office and the Israeli Defense and Health Ministries noted that “Israel to receive same number of Pfizer doses [es decir, un millón] in the months of September / October 2021 due to what was intended for the Palestinian Authority”.

The Palestinian health ministry noted that Pfizer has promoted the project “to speed up the vaccination campaign.” “The deal could be reached after verifying that the stockpile of vaccines Israel has in its possession meets its current needs.“, He explained.

Development

Read on: