Bars and restaurants open, access to sports and cultural facilities again possible, end of wearing masks outdoors, reception of tourists vaccinated from May 23 … With a very high percentage of its population now vaccinated against Covid-19 – more 80% of Israeli citizens or residents over 16 have received two doses – Israel appears to be on the way to relegating the pandemic to bad memories.
The country is also showing the world its desire to keep control over the long term by announcing that it had signed, Monday, April 19, an agreement with the American laboratory Pfizer to ensure its vaccine supply until the end of the year … 2022. And this, while many nations, much less advanced in their vaccination campaign, sometimes struggle to find enough doses to keep up.
How to explain such success? For what reasons has Israel managed to position itself as a leader in vaccination against Covid-19 on the international scene? With what costs and what benefits? What place have the authorities left to the free will of people who do not necessarily want to be vaccinated? How does the green passport work to attest to his vaccination or recovery? Are there ingredients to the recipe for Israeli success that other countries, like France, could learn from? More generally, what does life taste like in a country that deconfines before everyone else?
Ask your questions to Louis Imbert, correspondent of World in Jerusalem. He answers from 10:30 a.m.
