Israel to open coronavirus vaccination booth at Ben Gurion Airport?

• Date: 15 March 2021
• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Published date: 15 March 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

The booth would allow Israelis returning from abroad to receive coronavirus vaccinations prior to leaving the airport, benefiting from the initial protection and allowing Israel to maintain its achievements from its vaccination campaign.

However, according to the report, the Ministry has not yet made a final decision on the matter. If the plan is approved, the goal will be to implement it as soon as possible, to minimize the damage unvaccinated individuals can cause to Israel's partially-vaccinated population.

Under the new plan, the first Israeli arrivals to be vaccinated would be those arriving in groups. During the first stage, only those who did not cancel their membership with Israeli health funds would be eligible.

Currently, Israelis who have spent a long time abroad and are no longer members of an Israeli health fund can only receive the vaccination at dedicated Magen David Adom (MDA) vaccination stations, and do not receive it in accordance with existing government policy.

Since Israel's vaccine rollout has been so...