European leaders praise Israel's vaccine rollout
Austrian, Danish, Cypriot leaders call Netanyahu to discuss cooperation


The Chancellor of Austria, the Prime Minister of Denmark, the President of Cyprus and other European leaders have in the past few days called Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to congratulate him on the success of the vaccination drive in the Jewish state, Netanyahu's office said in a press release on Friday.
Israel currently leads the world in per capita inoculations, with over 1,600,000 people receiving the first of two jabs since December 20.
Netanyahu spoke this week with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who praised Israel's rollout of the coronavirus vaccine; the two leaders also discussed cooperation between Israel and Austria in the fight against the virus.
Netanyahu also discussed best practices to combat the pandemic with with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen; the two shared information concerning various recent mutations of the virus.
Frederiksen showed great interest Israel's much praised vaccination push, saying she sought "to draw lessons" from it.
The two agreed to deepen professional cooperation between the two countries.
According to the statement, Netanyahu had a similar discussion with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades.