Covid in Israel: Prime Minister calls on Arab community to get vaccinated
It is alongside the ultra-Orthodox that Israeli Arabs have the lowest vaccination rates.
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The Delta variant continues to wreak havoc in Israel.
Contamination rates continue to increase.
This is also the case for severe cases.
Health authorities want to speed up the virus with the third dose of the vaccine but also by persuading those resistant to injections to change their minds.
And it is in this context that the Israeli Prime Minister turns to the Arab community in the country.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,
Michel Paul
A special and important request, says the Israeli Prime Minister who addresses members of the Arab community in Israel.
“
Your life and the lives of your family members are very important to me,
” says Naftali Bennett in a music video.
“
I am speaking especially to the youngest who have not been vaccinated at all, and there are many… Go without further delay to receive the vaccine.
I count on you to do it as soon as possible.
Thank you very much
!
"
Very low vaccination rates
It is alongside the ultra-Orthodox that Israeli Arabs have the lowest vaccination rates.
According to the Galileo Society, an Israeli Arab NGO specializing in health, 51% of the members of this community received the double dose of the vaccine compared to 66% for the entire Israeli population.
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For people over 50, 83% of Israeli Arabs have been vaccinated.
The general rate for this age group in Israel is 92%.
Only 11% of cases of Covid-19 contamination were recorded last week in Arab localities while this community represents 20% of the total population of the country.
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