120,000 Moderna coronavirus vaccines land at Ben-Gurion

AuthorELIAV BATITO/MAARIV ONLINE
Published date07 January 2021
Date07 January 2021
Publication titleJerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)
The shipment in question arrived on a flight from Frankfurt, Germany, aboard a Jumbo 747 aircraft from CAL Cargo Airlines. Teams from the Maman cargo company are preparing to unload the plane and transport the vaccines.

On Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the first shipment of Moderna vaccines was expected to arrive in Israel the following day.

In a video he posted on social media, Netanyahu said, "We will give these vaccines to people who cannot reach the HMO, who are isolated in their homes or who for any other reason cannot reach the injection sites."

"This is the company's first shipment, and more will come. I am working to bring millions more vaccines to Israeli citizens to get...

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