Coronavirus: Who got Israel's first vaccinations?

• Published date: 07 January 2021
• Date: 07 January 2021
• Author: MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

In a report, the ministry listed how many people were vaccinated in more than 700 places across the country, and their ages. It includes cities and towns of more than 2,000 residents. It does not include those who were vaccinated through the Magen Avot v'Imahaot program, which focuses on the elderly living in senior living facilities, or geriatric hospitals.

In the two largest cities, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, 170,809 people were inoculated – 82,155 in Tel Aviv and 88,654 in Jerusalem.

However, in Jerusalem nearly 40% of those vaccinated were under 60 years old. These included 993 people between 16-19, 6,166 between 20-29, 7,953 between 30-39, 8,706 between 40-49 and 11,066 between 50-59. The other 53,770 were over 60 – 21,804 between 60-69, 19,081 between 70-79, 10,028 between 80-89 and 2,857 over the age of 90.

In Tel Aviv, about a third of those vaccinated were under 60 – 26,541 people.

In some of the "reddest" cities, the data was even more striking. For example, in Beitar Illit and Modi'in Illit – both large haredi (ultra-orthodox) cities – more than three-quarters (77% and 76%, respectively) of those vaccinated were under 60.

Large numbers of young people were also inoculated in Beit Shemesh. In Bnei Brak, which has seen a significant rise in infection in recent weeks, 12,654 were vaccinated, of those, 4,502, 36% were under 60.

In Beit Shemesh, 5,082 out of 9,081 vaccinated were under 60 – 56%.

Vaccination in the Arab sector has been lower than in most of the country. In Israel's largest Arab city, Nazareth, only 6,742 people were vaccinated so far out of more than 77,000 residents. Of those vaccinated, 49% were under 60: 56...