Chart of the Week: The early success story of Israel’s vaccination programme

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As many advanced economies start their programmes of vaccinations against COVID-19, Israel stands out as an example of effective and rapid distribution of doses among its population. Having, at great expense, precured an early and large quantity of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, by the end of last week Israel had given 20% of its population at least one dose of the vaccine. That is a significantly higher proportion than any other country. Among advanced economies, the US is next in line — 2% of the population has received at least one dose.

The US has been criticised for its slower than expected roll out of COVID-19 vaccines, having missed a target set by the Trump administration of vaccinating 20 million Americans by the end of 2020. Reasons given for the slow roll out include logistical issues getting doses to patients and the requirement to train medical staff.

The UK, which approved a third vaccine by green-lighting the Moderna vaccine last week, has also been criticised for excessive red tape in the vaccination process and difficulties getting staff into care homes to vaccinate the elderly.

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