Israel makes deal with Pfizer on vaccine shipment


FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2021 file photo, Holocaust survivor Joseph Zalman Kleinman gestures to the arm he prefers to receive the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, in Jerusalem. Kleinman who lived through through the Auschwitz death camp and testified against Adolf Eichmann in the Nazi commander's trial in Jerusalem, died Tuesday in Israel. He was 91. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

FILE – Holocaust survivor Joseph Zalman Kleinman gestures to the arm he prefers to receive the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

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UPDATED 7:54 AM PT – Monday, July 12, 2021

Israel and Pfizer struck a deal to send a new batch of coronavirus vaccines to the Middle Eastern country. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said the vaccines will help the push to get teenagers vaccinated.

The country has reportedly vaccinated more than 200,000 people in recent weeks as the country battles against the Delta variant.

“Along with the existing vaccines, this ensures from this moment a continuous supply of vaccines in the state of Israel,” stated Prime Minister Bennett. “I want to emphasize: there are enough vaccines for everyone. The first doses, we have in stock and also the second shots that will arrive at the start of August. Therefore, those who have not yet been vaccinated, especially the young but also adults, go out today and get vaccinated.”

Israel has been touting its vaccination rate while claiming more than 60 percent of its more than 9 million citizens have received at least one dose and more than 55 percent have received two doses.

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