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Foreigners in Tel Aviv begin receiving vaccines

Israel continues to lead the world in the percentage of people who have received at least one vaccine dose.

French nuns living in Israel queue with other foreign residents to receive a dose of COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre for foreign nationals in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 9, 2021 during a campaign to vaccinate foreign workers and refugees against coronavirus. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
French nuns living in Israel queue with other foreign residents to receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccines at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on Feb. 9, 2021, during a campaign to vaccinate foreign workers and refugees against the virus. — JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images

Foreigners in Israel’s largest city have begun receiving vaccinations against COVID-19. Israel has had one of the most successful vaccination campaigns in the world, though there has been controversy.

Dozens of asylum seekers and foreign workers received their first vaccine doses in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. They included people from the Philippines, Moldova, Nigeria, Sudan and Eritrea, the Associated Press reported.

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