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Honduras will receive approximately 5,000 doses of the anticovid vaccine in the next 48 hours, Through donations from Israel, The Central Government reported on Tuesday.
Then negotiations between Juan Orlando Hernández, Honduran Mandatari, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister Honduras will receive vaccines from Pfizer or Modern. An airplane of the Honduran Air Force landed on Jerusalem to transfer the doses to national territory.
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Carlos Madero, General Coordinator of the government, made the information official and, at the same time, thanked the Israeli Prime Minister for the delivery of the doses, which are intended to immunize health personnel working in the front line against coronavirus in care centers.
DONATIONS TO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
In addition to Honduras, Guatemala and the Palestinian Authority they will also receive donations of the vaccine, in addition to other nations in the Middle East. Israel, which leads vaccination processes in its population against the covid-19, Has decided to help countries that do not have existing vaccination mechanisms to acquire the first doses.
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the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel (PMO) reported: “Israel does not manufacture vaccines.” He told them (in the countries) that they requested that the amount that Israel requested is intended to vaccinate its population and does not expect to have significant aid capacity until the Israeli vaccination operation is over. “
the Government of Israel he also explained that, in accumulating doses of vaccines that were not being used, countries with donations of vaccines intended exclusively for medical staff of the applicant governments were assisted.
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Israel has administered the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine to its population (8, 919, 350) and is on the final stretch of immunization. Israel and Palestine are in “the same epidemiological rank,” Netanyahu said, so Israel has unleashed vaccine entry processes Sputnik V in Palestinian territory.
BACKGROUND THAT UNITES TWO NATIONS
Honduras and Israel maintain close diplomatic relations, especially since 2020, When both governments took the first steps on the road to opening embassies in Jerusalem i Tegucigalpa. In addition to the recognition of Honduras in Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
from Government of Honduras they have indicated that they will report in the next few hours on the transfer of the vaccine to national territory, as well as the vaccination process for health personnel.