“It’s quite an astonishing story,” said professor Ran Balicer, chair of the national advisory team of experts that is counselling the Israeli government on its COVID-19 response. “We are leading the world race thanks to our early preparations,” he said. He has held out the prospect of Israel becoming the first country in the world to be fully vaccinated. Netanyahu became the first Israeli to be inoculated against COVID-19 on Dec. 19, saying he wanted to set an example. Legal experts and human rights activists said Israel was obliged to provide the Palestinians with vaccines.

Source: bd News24 January 02, 2021 07:18 UTC