Israel Supplies First COVID-19 Vaccines to Palestinians
Israel said on Monday it supplied the Palestinians with their first shipment of COVID-19 shots, totaling 2,000 doses of Moderna’s vaccine.
The vaccines were transferred to Palestinian Authority medical teams, according to a statement by COGAT, Israel’s military liaison to the Palestinians.
Palestinian officials declined to confirm or deny the delivery.
Israel has earmarked an additional 3,000 doses for the Palestinians, said a COGAT spokesman.
Israel has emerged as a world leader in vaccinating its citizens and the Palestinian Authority has separately been trying to secure its own doses. It has ordered a batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine.
The Palestinians will also be receiving upwards of 35,000 to 40,000 vaccines from the COVAX global vaccine sharing program in the coming weeks, a World Health Organization official said on Monday.
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