Israel no longer wants AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and is working with the company to investigate whether a large shipment in the pipeline could be sent elsewhere, Israeli coronavirus commissioner Prof Nachman Ash said Wednesday. Ash also reaffirmed that there are no certainties as to when a vaccine booster will be needed, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis to prepare for a shot again within six months. “We try to find the best solution. After all, we don’t want (the vaccines) coming here and have to throw them in the trash, ”Ash told Army Radio, saying Israel’s needs were being met by other suppliers. In his comments, Ash did not refer to AstraZeneca’s vaccine has been linked to very rare blood clots in Europe. Many countries are resuming its administration after the European Union drug watchdog said the benefits outweighed the risks. Israel cast a large net last year when it tried to secure vaccine doses at the height of the pandemic, which was pre-ordered from a number of companies. the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine, launching one of the fastest deployments in the world. COVID-19 infections in Israel have dropped dramatically and the economy has reopened. Israel is also purchasing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines, which use a similar messenger RNA (mRNA) technology. required the 10 million doses it agreed to purchase from AstraZeneca.
cnxps.cmd.push (function () {cnxps ({playerId: ’36af7c51-0caf-4741-9824-2c941fc6c17b’}). render (‘4c4d856e0e6f4e3d808bbc1715e132f6’);});
if (window.location.pathname.indexOf (“656089”)! = -1) {console.log (“hedva connatix”); document.getElementsByClassName (“divConnatix”)[0].style.display = “none”;}“They can certainly be used elsewhere in the world. Right now, we are working with the company to find the best way to do this, “he said.” We believe it would be best if they (the vaccines) didn’t come to Israel, and we agree with the company in some way to take them elsewhere. Officials at AstraZeneca had no immediate response. About 81% of Israeli citizens or residents over the age of 16 – the age group eligible for the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine in Israel – have received both doses. 167,000 of the 5.2 million Palestinians in the West Bank and the Islamic Hamas-led Gaza Strip have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, with supplies coming from Israel, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, the global COVAX -vaccine. sub-program and China Ash also spoke about the outline of the upcoming Lag Ba’omer festival, which falls next Thursday. The day is traditionally marked with bonfires and in normal years tens of thousands of people gather on Mt. Meron to participate in the celebration. The commissioner said only green passport holders – people who have been fully vaccinated or recovered – will celebrate the festivities at Mt. Meron: ‘We have agreed on a plan to build Mt. Meron, but we can’t say there are no risks, ”he told Army Radio.