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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel could begin overcoming the COVID-19 crisis after fully vaccinating a third of its population, an official said on Sunday, indicating it would take some weeks more than previously thought.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: A woman receives a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a temporary Clalit healthcare maintenance organisation (HMO) centre, at a basketball court in Petah Tikva, Israel January 28, 2021. REUTERS\/Ammar Awad<\/figcaption>

Launching what has become the world\u2019s fastest vaccine rollout on Dec. 19, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set protecting Israel\u2019s most vulnerable cohorts – around 24% of 9 million citizens – as the benchmark for a possible reopening of the economy in February.<\/p>\n

But a projected mid-January turnaround in curbing the spread of the illness did not transpire. Despite a third national lockdown, cases and deaths have surged among the part of the population that has not yet been vaccinated. Officials blame this on highly communicable foreign variants of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Asked when he now anticipated a turnaround, Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kisch said: \u201cOur goal is to achieve 5.5 million (fully vaccinated citizens) and I reckon that the moment we cross the 3-to-3.5 million (mark) you will already see change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that the prime minister predicted will happen, possibly with a few weeks\u2019 delay,\u201d he told Kan public radio.<\/p>\n

As of Saturday, 1.7 million Israelis had received the second dose of the Pfizer Inc. vaccine more than a week prior, achieving the maximum 95% protection, the Health Ministry said.<\/p>\n

Around another 1.3 million had either received one dose and were awaiting the second or had received the second dose within the last week and so were not yet designated as fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n

The conservative Netanyahu is up for reelection on March 23.<\/p>\n

He wants to extend the lockdown, which is due to expire on Sunday night, but faces opposition from his coalition partner and political rival, Defence Minister Benny Gantz.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s inoculation programme does not extend to the approximately 5.2 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where local authorities are organizing their vaccination programme separately.<\/p>\n

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