According to Israeli officials, the country has immunized 7 percent of its population against COVID-19 – nearly 647,000 people, more than any other country – according to the Ministry of Health.
The Israeli Ministry of Health praised the vaccine’s efforts after it vaccinated more people than any other country in the first nine days of distribution, CNBC reported.
‘We are ahead of the world in bringing and giving the vaccines. Israel is the world champion in vaccines, much in the first place, ”Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu MORE said.
Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services, Jonathon Reiner, told CNN On Thursday, Israel’s successful distribution process can serve as a model for other countries that want a more effective implementation.
“Israel leads the world. They vaccinate, per capita, 15 times faster than the United States, ‘Reiner said, adding:’ They have already vaccinated 20 percent of their population over the age of 60. It would be as if we have already vaccinated about 15 million Americans over 60 years of age. ”
U.S. officials have acknowledged disappointment over a slower-than-expected vaccine rollout in the United States. About 2 million people have received at least one inoculation of a vaccine that requires two doses to be effective. Initially, the hope was to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of the year.
Although the $ 2 million figure is expected to reflect the late reporting by states, U.S. officials said they no longer expect to reach the $ 20 million mark.
Although Israel’s population is about the same size as New Jersey, part of the country’s successful deployment is due in part to the centralized health care system, according to Eran Segal, a computational biologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel. .
As someone who has lived in the US for about a decade, I know it is much more widespread in the US. There are probably thousands of organizations, “Segal told CNBC.