Yonatan, the son and grandson of prominent Israeli doctors, appeared in a promotional video in 2020, urging Israelis to have the Covid vaccination. He was described by journalists as the poster child for the country's response to the Covid-19 epidemic.
Israel had a very close relationship with Pfizer, the manufacturer of one of the mRNA vaccines. More than 70 percent of the population has received two doses of the vaccine following the government's agreement with the drug company to purchase 8 million doses.