Tel Aviv: Israel kick-started the vaccination process in the country on Saturday. The Israeli government has started the vaccination process with some 4 million doses of the just-approved vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first person to receive the coronavirus vaccine in the country.  Health Minister Yuli Edelstein got vaccinated after him.

The Prime Minister praised the start of the vaccination process in the country as the "very great day" for Israel. Speaking at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, where he became the first Israeli to receive the vaccine, he pledged that millions of doses will arrive by the end of the month and urged all Israelis to be vaccinated. Before vaccination, the PM said, "I asked to be first to be vaccinated, along with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, to serve as a personal example and encourage you to get vaccinated," he said before receiving the vaccine.

Israel has so far reported over 3.72 lakh Covid-19 cases. The death toll in the country is at 3,070. Talking about India’s active caseload, which is the actual disease burden of a country, of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has fallen to 3.09% of the total positive cases, with 33 States and Union Territories reporting less than 20,000 active cases in all on Saturday, shows government data.

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