Deputy Attorney General Amit Merari on Friday sent a letter to the Minister of Internal Security, Amir Ohana, calling on him to vaccinate detainees and prisoners in the Israel Prison Service.
Merari said in the letter that the directive that was issued by Ohana not to vaccinate detainees and prisoners against coronavirus, including those prisoners considered to be members of at risk populations, was given without authority. Once vaccines have been assigned, they should be vaccinated without delay, she added.
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