Israel: President Rivlin to be vaccinated against coronavirus on December 20
President Rivlin to hail medics for 'their outstanding work during the fight against coronavirus'
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin will be vaccinated against COVID-19 coronavirus on Sunday, December 20, his office announced Wednesday.
Rivlin will take the jab at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, the statement added.
His visit to the hospital will "mark the beginning of the process of vaccinating the medical teams, and to congratulate them on their outstanding work during the fight against coronavirus across the country."
The press release did not specify the exact time of the inoculation -- or the vaccine that will be administered.
Rivlin will be one of the first Israelis to take the jab, his vaccination set to be covered by the media in a bid to encourage Israelis to inoculate.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein will be vaccinated live on TV.
With hundreds of thousands of vaccine doses already in Israel, recent polls revealed that Israelis were wary of the COVID-19 jabs.
The speed at which the vaccines were developed was cited as one of the main worries prompting the respondents to question their safety.