Honduras will receive 5,000 anticovid vaccines donated by Israel

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Honduras you will receive approx 5,000 doses of the anticovid vaccine in the next 48 hours, through donations from Israel, the central government informed Tuesday.

After negotiations between Juan Orlando Hernandez, Honduran President, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister Honduras receives vaccines Pfizer or ModernA plane of the Honduran Air Force landed on Jerusalem to transfer the doses to the national territory.

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Carlos Madero, General Coordinator of the Government, made the information official while thanking the Israeli Prime Minister for administering the doses intended to immunize health personnel working on the front lines against coronavirus in health centers.

DONATIONS TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

Except Honduras, Guatemala and the Palestinian Authority They will also receive donations of the vaccine, in addition to other countries in the Middle East. Israel, leading the vaccination processes in its population against COVID-19, has decided to help countries that do not have current vaccination mechanisms to obtain the first doses.

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The Office of the Prime Minister of Israel (PMO) reported, “Israel does not produce vaccines.” He told (the countries) that they were asking that the amount Israel was asking for is to vaccinate the population and does not expect it to have any significant aid capacity until Israel’s vaccination operation is over. “

The Government of Israel He also explained that as doses of vaccines accumulated that were not being used, they began to help countries donate vaccines exclusively for the requesting governments’ medical personnel.

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Israel has administered the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to its population (8, 919, 350) and is in the final range of immunization. Israel and Palestine are in “the same epidemiological range,” Netanyahu said, so Israel has unleashed the trials for introducing the vaccine. Sputnik V. to Palestinian territory.

BACKGROUND BRINGING TWO NATIONS TOGETHER

Honduras and Israel have maintained close diplomatic relations, especially since then 2020when both governments took the first steps towards the opening of embassies in Jerusalem Y TegucigalpaIn addition to Honduras’ recognition of Jerusalem as an Israeli capital.

Of the Government of Honduras They have indicated that they will report on the transfer of the vaccine to the national territory in the coming hours, as well as the vaccination process for health personnel.

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