According to the Ministry of Health, Israeli officials have announced that the country has vaccinated 7 percent of its population against COVID-19 – nearly 647,000 people, more than any other country.
The Israeli Ministry of Health praised the rollout of vaccines after it immunized more people than any other country in its first nine days of distribution, CNBC reported.
“We are leading the way in the delivery and delivery of vaccines. Israel is the world champion in vaccines, first and foremost by many, ”said the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Jonathon Reiner, professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services, told CNN On Thursday, Israel’s successful distribution process could serve as a model for other countries looking for a more efficient rollout.
“Israel leads the world. They vaccinate, per capita, 15 times faster than the United States, “said Reiner, adding,” They’ve already vaccinated 20 percent of their population over 60. It would be as if we were already vaccinated. about 15 million Americans over the age of 60. “
US officials have acknowledged their disappointment at a slower-than-expected rollout of vaccines in the United States. About 2 million people have received at least one injection of a vaccine that takes two doses to be effective. Initially, the hope had been to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of the year.
While the 2 million figure is expected to reflect some late reporting by states, US officials have said they no longer expect to hit the 20 million mark.
While Israel’s population is about just slightly larger than New Jersey, some of the country’s successful rollout is due in part to its centralized health care system, said Eran Segal, a computational biologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
“As someone who has lived in the US for about ten years, I know it is much more widespread in the US. There are probably thousands of organizations, ”Segal told CNBC.