Israeli PM Urges Citizens To Vaccinate As Omicron Spreads

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Children aged 5-11 receive their first first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, at Clallit vaccination center in Tzfat, nothern Israel, December 3, 2021. Photo by David Cohen/Flash9

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister warned citizens against the spread of the new, highly infectious variant of coronavirus on Sunday and urged them to vaccinate.

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Naftali Bennett told ministers that there was already community transmission of the omicron variant in Israel and a rise in the country’s coronavirus infection rate. He called the omicron variant “very infectious.”

“It must be understood that the collective and national protection that the state provides is not enough,” Bennett said at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting. He urged Israelis that “every citizen must see to themselves, their family, and their children. Don’t rely on the neighbors to vaccinate themselves and their child. It won’t help much.”

Israel rolled out a world-leading vaccination campaign, and more than 4.1 million of Israel’s 9.3 million people have received a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. The country’s health ministry has reported at least 134 confirmed cases of the omicron variant since its emergence in late November.

Israel largely closed its international borders after the emergence of the omicron variant. Foreign nationals are not allowed to enter, and all Israelis arriving from overseas are required to quarantine — including those vaccinated.

Israel has recorded at least 8,232 deaths from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic.


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Ish Yehudi
Ish Yehudi
2 years ago

As per a made up quote misattributed to Albert Einstein, “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result”. So are the dumb elitist Israeli faucists: 90% of the country already has been double and even triple injected, yet that doesn’t stop the covid transmission. A rational person would have concluded that these so-called vaccines are not actually vaccinating and are useless, but the faucists are not known for being rational.

Sara
Sara
2 years ago

I know many double and triple vaxxed who caught covid
It’s a big lie the vaccines don’t work but no one will admit it while there is still money to be made
If you are low risk there’s even less reason to consider jabbing with this experimental toxin

lastword
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lastword
2 years ago

Coercing a medical mandate is tyrannic. The c19 is an experimental injection offering no legal compensation for adverse effects to anyone experiencing them. The negative effects are also being covered up by the pharmaceutical industry which profits from this and other harmful and unproven theoretical ‘medicines’.
Get informed. Resist. Repeat.
This will fall apart through simple, logical and concerned non-violent protest.