Benjamin Netanyahu To Become First Israeli To Receive Covid-19 Vaccine

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to become the first person in Israel to receive COVID-19 vaccine. During his video address from quarantine, where he has been after coming in contact with a COVID-19 positive person, Benjamin Netanyahu informed that he has asked to be the first to receive the vaccine so as to demonstrate its effectiveness. The Prime Minister has been in quarantine since Monday after coming in contact with a person who later tested positive for Coronavirus. 

This announcement by the Israeli leader comes after the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine produced by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German firm BioNTech arrived in Israel. In total, the Israeli government had signed a deal for 8 million doses of the vaccine, which is already being used in the United Kingdom. Apart from this, Israel has also concluded deals with other manufacturers, including the US Moderna, for other candidate vaccines. 

Earlier on November 1, clinical trials for Israel’s domestically produced vaccine against the Coronavirus disease began. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Israel has reported over 3,57,000 positive cases of Coronavirus, out of which over 3,000 people have died.