Israel’s Health Ministry, which is spearheading the vaccination efforts, is employing both warnings and incentives as it tries to persuade reluctant holdouts to get immunized. “Decide whether you are part of the celebration or whether you will be left behind,” Health Minister Yuli Edelstein declared on Twitter. The vaccination rates are among the highest in the world, and many countries are looking at the Israeli experience to understand what may lie ahead in the future. In February, Israel averaged just over 106,000 vaccinations per day, down from January’s daily average of more than 127,000 per day, according to Health Ministry statistics. The reluctance of some groups in the population to get vaccinated is a key reason why infection rates remain high.

Source: Ethiopian News February 15, 2021 10:41 UTC