Early Covid-19 vaccination rollout: a commentary from England

Summary: Israel has stood out for its rapid and effective COVID-19 vaccine rollout, with factors contributing to its success falling into categories of long-standing characteristics, health-system specific features, and recent efforts specific to the vaccination campaign. The synergy created among these facilitating factors has been crucial in Israel's success, distinguishing it from other high-income countries like the US, the UK, and Canada that have faced slower vaccine distribution due to lacking some of these factors.