Israel now has 54% of population fully vaccinated; George Eustice defends health secretary over shares in company approved as potential supplier
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Eustice said there is no evidence that the Indian variant of coronavirus is able to “get around” the vaccine, or was more contagious than other variants.
The environment secretary also said that cases of the variant were “fairly small” at present.
Israel is today ending its outdoor mask-wearing rule and reopening middle schools, in the country’s latest step towards normality.
The country has had a highly successful vaccine rollout, with 54% of its 9.3 million population having received both shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and has recorded sharp drops in the spread of the virus.
