Netanyahu touts Pfizer deal after 20% of Israelis get Covid jab

Country will share data on its rapid vaccination campaign as ‘global model’, says PM

One in five Israelis have been given first doses of coronavirus vaccines, roughly ten times higher than the UK and US, with the country aiming to have inoculated all eligible age groups within two months.

Israel’s lighting-fast vaccine campaign had been expected to slow down this week as the first batches of Pfizer/BioNTech doses ran low.

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