Netanyahu: 'We might need to get vaccinated every six months'

• Published date: 01 March 2021
• Author: David Rosenberg
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

Speaking with Galei Tzahal's Efi Triger in an interview released Monday morning, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said it may be necessary for Israelis to get vaccinated twice this year, adding that Israel is in talks with pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Moderna for additional mass purchases of COVID vaccines.

"Within one year, we may need to get vaccinated twice, so we're in talks with Pfizer and Moderna for the establishment of a vaccine factory in Israel," said Netanyahu.

"We're negotiating with Pfizer and Moderna to sign an agreement to purchase vaccines which are also suitable against the new mutations. If we need to vaccinate every citizen in Israel twice a year, it will require a total of 36 million vaccines."

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