Israelis Refuse Corona Vaccine, Authorities Destroy Hundreds of Doses

Officials in the Israeli Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) reported that a decline in numbers' demand for a vaccination with the Corona vaccine has caused hundreds of vaccines to be thrown into the trash due to their expiration date.

The director of the vaccination campaign at the General Health Fund, Kilanet Kay, told the Israeli Army Radio today, Tuesday, that "we see a significant slowdown in the rate of vaccinations. We are ready to vaccinate 100-120 thousand people per day, but in the last two days we vaccinated half of this number there is a decrease." By 50%. "

"We call on the Ministry of Health to allow us to vaccinate all age groups, and all those who wish to receive the vaccination," Kai added.

In the event that the Ministry of Health does not approve the vaccination of all age groups, Kai said that "we are making efforts not to receive vaccinations, and nearly three million people have been vaccinated and the percentage of vaccines that are destroyed is very small."

This comes at a time when infections with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Israel are still high and the imposition of the closure, whose end is not in sight.

While the government coordinates to combat the spread of Corona in Israel, Professor Nahman-Esh, said, "It is possible that in the future, a third additional dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered that fits the new mutations."

Esh explained that this possibility still does not exist yet, but due to the increasing spikes of the pandemic, the Israeli Ministry of Health is already studying this possibility.

And about whether the vaccine prevents infection, he said that "there is not enough information to prove the matter, and therefore we recommend wearing masks and maintaining spacing even between those who received the vaccine."

The Israeli official said that it is estimated that 70% of the daily positive tests are related to the British strain of the virus and that its spread is wide.

He pointed out that there are 80 cases of the mutation from South Africa.

He said, "It is possible that there will be more and we are trying to find it among the returnees from outside".