Covid: Israel vaccinates 16 to 18-year-olds ahead of exams

The matriculation exams that Israeli students sit at the end of high school play an important role in deciding where they will go to university. Their results can also affect their placement in the military, where many young Israelis do compulsory service.Israel started its rapid vaccination drive - the fastest in the world - in on 19 December, reaching 10% of its population by the end of 2020.

Israel has recorded more than 596,000 cases and 4,392 deaths with Covid-19, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University. On Sunday, the government said it would ban passenger flights in and out of the country from Monday night for the rest of January, in an effort to halt the spread of new virus variants.

"Other than rare exceptions, we are closing the sky hermetically to prevent the entry of the virus variants and also to ensure that we progress quickly with our vaccination campaign," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.The BBC's Tom Bateman spent 2020 following the lives of Israelis affected by the pandemic.

But not Palestinians on the West Bank!

Get em ready for the brainwashing and army service

So cruel

Good idea but they’re not dying by the millions

Israel is the guinea pig country for the pfizer jab, thats why they are doing so well with their vaccination numbers

Don’t give the uk any ideas.

More poor news, Israel population 8-9 million over 22145 km and totally different culturally. So why are you reporting ahead on the basis they have vaccinated a higher percentage of just 8-9 million?

he's in his cave again....

Most welcome precious people

Is this what do outside of murdering Palestinian kids

NicolaSturgeon theSNP why are we not as successful as Israel ? Similar size population.? Is it because you keep trying to score political points instead dealing with this? To much banging on about Indy ref 3?

Meanwhile one old bloke is still waiting patiently in the queue

They also forgot to mention they haven't vaccinated a single Palestinian.

Nobody expects any kind of sharing, support or solidarity from Israel. 😒

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Vaccine apartheid is abhorrent. No one is safe until we are all safe. The Israel vaccination programme should not be looked at with aspiration. AntiApartheid VaccineApartheid

Crazy

Yikes. Lowest risk age of all - was vaccine tested on this age group?

Wow, that's criminal, and bizarre given what the Nazis did to them.

Vaccine is obsolete, no immunity nor any for the new strain

Why? They have zero risk. 🤷🏻‍♂️

So good to see a third world country being so advanced

cue antisemites commenting about Palestine in 3,2,1...

None of this will benefit you…. Corona will destroy you all insha Allah

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