“Pay money, see camel”. Pfizer halts shipments of the vaccine to Israel for non-payment

As reported by the Jerusalem Post, Pfizer has stopped shipping the last 70,000 doses of the vaccine to Israel after the country failed to pay 2.5 million doses despite a solicitation from the pharmaceutical multinational.

In reality Pfizer has finished deliveries for the first batch of vaccines and these 700,000 were linked to an extension of the contract by Jerusalem. The government has already paid NIS 2.5 billion and wanted to allocate another NIS 3.5 billion for the purchase of the new doses, also approving the payment of the last rta.

But the government, in transition after the elections, has made a mess: a feud between Gantz, interim prime minister, but who wishes to become permanent justice minister, and Netanyahu has not yet appointed him. The meeting that was supposed to solve the problems, also from the vaccination point of view, is skipped.

In the end, Israel appeared a bit like a sort of "Banana Republic", where long-term programs are blown up for personal auctions. Yet Health Minister Yuli Edelstein had stressed the importance of purchases.

The government stresses that there are no dangers of interrupting the campaign because, with 27 million already purchased, the coverage should be good, but the fears are for future lots, in a situation of strong competition between nations to ensure the injections.

The article "Pay money, see camel". Pfizer stops shipments of the vaccine to Israel for non-payments comes from ScenariEconomici.it .

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