With one and a half million people vaccinated, Israel is the country that has vaccinated the most against Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic.
The Hebrew government got into the vaccine race early on and hopes to immunize its population by March.
Which does not prevent it from being criticized.
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Since the start of the Covid-19 vaccination campaign, France has compared itself to its European neighbors, such as Germany and the United Kingdom, which have started much faster.
But the most effective country in this regard is Israel, with more than a million and a half people already vaccinated.
This is the world record.
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Because in the vaccine race, Israel started long before everyone else.
As early as June, the Hebrew state ordered doses from the Moderna laboratory.
At the time, the vaccine against the coronavirus was far from being developed and the Israeli authorities did not skimp on the expense.
"There is business secrecy, but a priori Israel has paid double the normal price," said Professor Nadav David Witches, member of the Israeli National Council on Covid-19.
Added to this is the attitude of the Israelis, who came in droves to be vaccinated from the first days, encouraged by a vast media campaign.
"We have a long tradition of vaccination and we have a very good infrastructure of communal health centers", continues Professor Nadav David Witches.
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In the meantime, the country has been confined again since the end of December.
If the vaccination campaign is a success in Israel, the Jewish state is still under fire from criticism, because it has not yet made any plans for the occupied Palestinian territories.