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Israel Plans to Buy Millions of Vaccine Doses for Future Use

A medical worker transports a tray of vials containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine inside a Covid-19 mass vaccination center at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Jan. 4, 2020. Israel plans to vaccinate 70% to 80% of its population by April or May, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Monday, pressing ahead with a program that promises an earlier-than-forecast economic recovery.Photographer: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg
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Israel plans to buy millions of additional doses of coronavirus vaccine that may be used once its initial inoculation drive is complete, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.