Vaccination drive may start as early as Monday

• Published date: 18 December 2020
• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Date: 18 December 2020
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

The vaccination campaign will begin as Israel is experiencing a surge in daily coronavirus cases and the country risks entering a third lockdown as morbidity rates rise,

The Health Ministry published data Thursday morning showing that during the day that ended last night at midnight, 2,802 new patients were diagnosed with the coronavirus in Israel. During the day, the results of 82,295 tests were obtained. The rate of positive tests continues to be high, standing at 3.5 percent of all tests.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 366,182 coronavirus patients have been diagnosed in the State of Israel. The death...