The Ministry of Health has already drafted legislation that would “severely restrict” the presence of unvaccinated teachers at their workplaces, in what appears to be an effort to promote immunization against coronavirus.
The government has been pushing for a bill that would require members of “essential” professions to get the vaccine or who would have to pass a negative coronavirus test before being allowed into certain premises and interacting with its the public. However, officials ran into many obstacles in an attempt to draft the legislation due to legal difficulties.
According to a preliminary draft of the bill passed by Ynet, the government will take action on employers with the responsibility of complying with employees to get the vaccine.
“Workplaces will be required to prevent access to the premises from anyone who has not received two doses of the coronavirus vaccine, was infected with COVID-19 and has recovered or may have recovered. recently tested negative for the virus, ”the draft states bill.
Although no specific role was mentioned in the draft, officials say the bill is aimed at teachers, police officers and medical teams or people who need to communicate with many people in their work.
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein had first proposed the legislation in November last year but was blocked due to concerns that such a law would violate civil rights protected by law. The minister recently called for the need for the legislative campaign to protect public health.
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A basic classroom was built in Givatayim after the third lock was built
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The Israeli Civil Rights Association said the legislation violates privacy rights and “could be seen as unlawful discrimination because of a disability or opinion and could be detrimental to the individual’s right to half earned. “
The associations also said that if such a request is made to teachers, “it stands to the extent that it would unfairly prejudice their independence and confidentiality and could be used as a reason for employers in the private sector to request the same from their employees. “
The rights an NGO said such an initiative requires legislation after all other options have been explored. The ministry said Tuesday it planned to propose the measures as a change to the coronavirus bill agreed in July last year.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday that more than 50% of Israelis ages 30 and older have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine after delivering 160,000 strokes Tuesday.
Since the vaccine campaign began in December last year, more than four million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 2.7 million have received two doses.
Edelstein said in a post on his Twitter feed that Israelis are willing to get the job done as opposed to the false news being spread otherwise.