During a roundtable interview with The Manila Times on Thursday, Ambassador Rafael Harpaz said Israel started its Covid vaccination program as early as December 2020. “Second, Israel has a great public health system with very strong HMOs (health maintenance organizations),” he said, referring to a network that provides health insurance coverage. If there are no side effects, you get a text message with an invitation 21 days exactly for the second shot. You go after 21 days, you get a second shot. He noted there were times when Covid cases in Israel shot up.

Source: Manila Times May 13, 2021 16:14 UTC