Published: 12 January 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Netanyahu touts Pfizer deal as 20% of Israelis get Covid jab (Guardian)
One in five Israelis have been given first doses of coronavirus vaccines, roughly 10 times higher than the rate in the UK and US, with the country aiming to have inoculated all eligible age groups within two months.
Netanyahu says he has secured a commitment from the pharmaceutical company to bring forward deliveries in return for Israel providing “statistical data” – in effect making the country a mass test case to see how vaccines might halt the pandemic.
Experts urge dose of transparency as medical data traded to Pfizer for vaccines (Times of Israel)
Privacy activists ask if pharma firm is truly only getting publicly available information, decry lack of transparency and fear what will happen if records are de-anonymised
Israel to share vaccination data with Pfizer as part of secret deal (Haaretz)
The Health Ministry says it would only share information already in the public domain with Pfizer, who would have much to gain from the information collected in Israel
10% to 20% of Israelis with corona infected with British mutation (Jerusalem Post)
The British mutation has likely spread much more rapidly across the country. It could impact the lockdown timetable
Human rights groups petition High Court to force Israel to vaccinate inmates (Times of Israel)
Public security minister says prisoners will only be inoculated when more Israelis get vaccinated; Israel Medical Association: Country has an ‘ethical obligation’
Photo: An Israeli receives the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in Jerusalem, January 7 (Ohad Zwigenberg)
