Israel's health authorities are working at a "crazy pace" and the number of Israelis who have received the first dose of the COVID vaccine is approaching 500,000, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said Monday afternoon during a visit to a vaccination center in Sderot.
"There won't be any shortage of vaccines. We are expecting shipments of millions of vaccines, and we are trying to get more vaccines earlier [than scheduled]," Edelstein said.
"In the meantime, we will keep prioritizing the at-risk population," the health minister added.
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Edelstein touched on Israel's third lockdown to stem the spread of COVID, which took effect at 5 p.m. Sunday. He said he was hopeful that "We will be able to make a different kind of exit from this lockdown, thanks to the population being vaccinated. We'll keep up the vaccination campaign and also reopen the economy."
Earlier Monday, Edelstein said that more than a week into the vaccination campaign, the number of first doses being administered per day was approached 100,000.
According to the site Our World in Data, which tracks the rate of COVID vaccination internationally, Israel is administering the most vaccinations per capita in the world, followed by Bahrain and Britain.
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