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Israel seals deal for Covid-19 vaccines

A man entry at the building where Pfizer's office located in Thessaloniki on November 10, 2020.

Photo credit: Sakis Mitrolidis | AFP

What you need to know:

  • The vaccine, which developers Pfizer and BioNTech plan to begin rolling out within weeks, offers hope of escape from the cycle of lockdowns and new waves of sickness and death that have gripped the world this year.

Jerusalem,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday that his government has clinched a deal with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to buy eight million doses of its potentially game-changing coronavirus vaccine.