Vaccination’war-class’ speed… Israel already hit 13% of the population

About 13% of the entire population (approximately 8.6 million people) was vaccinated two weeks after Israel was vaccinated against Corona 19. In addition to securing vaccines, it is leading the’super-fast’ in vaccination.

According to the statistics on the 2nd (local time) of the world statistics website’Our World in Data’, the number of vaccinations per 100 people in Israel is 12.59 doses. It is far ahead of Bahrain (3.53 times), Britain (1.47 times), Iceland (1.43 times) and the United States (1.28 times). This means that about 1.28% of the population (about 420,000 people) in the United States and about 1.47% (about 940,000 people) of the population in the United Kingdom received the vaccine.

The number of vaccinations per 100 people. Graphic = Reporter Kim Kyung-jin [email protected]

It was on the 20th of last month that Israel started vaccinating Pfizer for the general public. It was 12 days behind the UK and 6 days behind the US. However, the vaccination rate is much higher than the population.

The speed is getting faster and faster. 500,000 people were vaccinated 9 days after the start of vaccination, and it exceeded 1 million in 14 days. As a result, the gap in the number of vaccinations per 100 people between Israel and other countries is widening. As of the 28th of last month, it was 4.8 times ahead of the UK and 8.9 times that of the United States, and the statistics on the 2nd were 8.6 times that of the UK and 9.8 times that of the US.

On the 3rd, in Tel Aviv, Israel, a woman gets the corona vaccine while another man is waiting for the turn. [AP=연합뉴스]

Major Western media are also reporting Israel’s overwhelming vaccination rate one after another. On the 3rd, the BBC and the New York Times (NYT) of the United States reported that more than 1 million people were vaccinated in Israel, and the vaccination rate exceeded 10% of the population. The Daily Mail reported that 40% of Israeli people in their 60s or older were vaccinated.

Israeli Health Minister Yuly Edelstein said, “Israel is leading the world vaccine race as a result of quick preparations such as early negotiations with vaccine pharmaceutical companies with’early bird’.”

People who were vaccinated at the Tel Aviv inoculation site in Israel on the 3rd are staying at the inoculation site to monitor the progress. A syringe with a rocket drawn on the wall stands out.[AP=연합뉴스]

Earlier, on the 29th of last month, Telegraph pointed out the reason why Israel’s vaccination rate is’the fastest in the world’ as securing sufficient vaccine quantities, preparing inoculation sites and support personnel, and actively promoting safety.

Professor Alon Moses of Israel’s Hadasa Medical Center said, “Vaccination is progressing’like a war’ in Israel, which has war experiences.” “The military recruited 700 paramedics. Because you have an enemy (coronavirus) and have adequate ammunition (vaccine), you deliver it (vaccine) well,” he explained.

Israel has purchased a total of 18 million vaccines that will cover the entire population of 8.6 million people based on two doses. Subsequently, 250 inoculation sites were established throughout the country, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also publicly vaccinated the vaccine early. Israel will issue passports proving this to people who have been vaccinated twice.

Reporter Lim Sun-young [email protected]