Virus Czar Rejects Netanyahu’s Prediction Of Another Vaccine Round In 6 Months

Contradicting assertions by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the previous day that Israelis would undergo another round of coronavirus vaccinations in six months’ time, national virus czar Nachman Ash said Wednesday that he doesn’t know when the expected campaign will happen.

“I can’t say when we will get another vaccine [shot], perhaps in six months, perhaps in a year, perhaps even longer,” Ash told Army Radio.

He explained that the assumption is that the vaccine shots issued so far will eventually lose effectiveness and that current inoculation may not offer protection against new strains of the virus, creating the need for a further round of doses.

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{Matzav.com}