The CEO of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Albert Bourla said that he was ‘honoured’ after he was thanked during the official Israeli ceremony celebrating the country’s independence day in Jerusalem on Wednesday.

Bourla, the son of Greek Jews who survived the Holocaust, praised the nation’s achievements in science and innovation, calling the rapid pace of the vaccination campaign ‘another ground-breaking achievement,’ via a pre-recorded video message.

The Pfizer boss committed last year to providing Israel with enough of the vaccine it produced in partnership with BioNTech in order to vaccinate the entire Israeli population, after intense lobbying from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with the country in turn agreeing to supply the company with data from its vaccination campaign.

To pay tribute to the immunisation campaign, Israeli military officers demonstrating manoeuvres formed a moving syringe alluding to the COVID-19 jabs, along with a number one changing to number two, symbolising both doses administered as part of a full treatment regimen.

Over 10 million vaccine doses have been delivered in the country of 9.3 million people, with over 55 percent of the population fully vaccinated, with COVID-19 cases and deaths falling rapidly even as the country takes steps towards reopening.

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Albert Bourla, Pfizer CEO: “I am honoured that you have chosen to pay tribute to Pfizer at this Independence Day ceremony. Along with Jews around the world, I take immense pride in Israel. Pride in the fact that Israel is there for Jews everywhere, for us and for our children. Pride in Israel’s achievements, in science and technology, innovation and so much more. This year the partnership between Pfizer and Israel produced yet another ground-breaking achievement. Together we are demonstrating that with mass vaccination we can defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and save lives. I want to thank Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and all of Pfizer-Israeli counterparts. We have seen that there is a path back to normal and that definitely is something the entire world can celebrate. Chag Yom Haatzmaut Sameach (Hebrew, Happy Independence Day).”

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