Just before the closure: almost 4,000 new infections yesterday

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Towards the closure, the increase in the percentage of positives diagnosed per day continues. According to an update from the Ministry of Health published tonight (Saturday), 3,994 new carriers were identified yesterday, which is 4.7 percent of the 85,279 tests performed.

Director General of the Ministry of Health: “The closure may last more than two weeks” // Photo: GPO

At the same time, the number of hospitalized patients across the country is close to 1,000, with 977 people, including 188 in moderate condition, 561 in critical condition, 174 in critical condition and 136 respirators. The death toll from the plague is 3,203. The number of active patients in Israel is 34,996. The number of staff members in solitary confinement stands at 2,861 people including 411 physicians and 768 nurses.

Meanwhile, starting tomorrow at 5:00 PM, the full closure approved by the ministers will take effect. According to the regulations, there are restrictions on staying in public space, restrictions on traffic and restrictions on commercial, recreational and leisure activities. The closure will apply for two weeks and will be extended for another two weeks unless the goal is achieved – the daily number of infections is less than a thousand and the infection coefficient is less than one.
The regulations restrict traffic to a distance of one kilometer from home, except for a few exceptions: going out to get vaccinated, medical or social care, demonstration, legal proceedings, going out for sports activities, transferring a minor between his separated parents, going to a work place or educational setting, and going out for funerals. At a wedding or alliance (subject to the crowd limit). Each such violation will result in a fine of NIS 500.

Increase in the number of positives // Photo: Liron Moldovan

Accommodation units and B & Bs, a zoo, a nature reserve safari, national parks, national sites and memorial sites will also be closed; A place to provide non-medical treatment, including a hairdresser and a place to provide beauty and cosmetic treatments, a place to provide complementary medicine treatment, a drive to watch movies, a mall or a retail market and a museum. In addition, the possibility of self-collection from places selling food will be eliminated.

The early childhood frameworks, grades 1-4 and 11-12 will operate as usual, while grades 5-10 will learn from a distance. Prohibitions include open-air activities, trips, practical studies or vocational training for adults, and activities of youth movements. There will continue to be activities for students in special education and for dropout and at-risk youth, as well as boarding schools, studies in immigrant classes and access to an institution of vocational education or training for adults for online learning from it for students in need.

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