A health care professional prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021
CONCERNS have been raised over the ethics of a data-sharing deal between Israel and pharmaceutical company Pfizer in the latest controversy to hit its vaccine roll-out.
Israel’s denial of vaccinations to Palestinians living under military occupation in the West Bank has been condemned as a breach of the Geneva conventions.
But now authorities are also under fire for a deal by which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to share swathes of medical data with Pfizer in return for faster delivery of vaccine doses.
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