Gidi Lipkin 12/02/2021 21:06
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa fans (Radad Jabara and Noam Moreno)
Football fans are already waiting for the day when they will be able to return to the stands of football stadiums after a year they are already out of the place they love so much. Behind the scenes discussions are underway to start bringing the crowd back to the football fields – in the first phase of the pilot, when talking about about 3,000 fans.
But there is also currently a struggle between the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice over the issue of how the public can enter. The position of the Ministry of Health is that only those who have been vaccinated and have such a certificate can enter football stadiums, as well as entertainment shows, restaurants, etc., while the Ministry of Justice believes that those who have not been vaccinated can not be prevented from entering those places. Will have to pass up to 72 hours before that game or event.
The Ministry of Health opposes this, and believes that it could be an opening for infection, because what, for example, would happen if someone passed a corona test and came out negative, but became infected the next day, etc. The director of the football leagues also supports the position of the Ministry of Health and is in favor of the restriction that only those who have been vaccinated can return to the stands. Another issue that will have to be resolved is what to do with children and adolescents up to the age of 16 who cannot be vaccinated.
How do you resolve the issue?
The question arises as to whether they decide in the first instance that they are prevented from returning to the stands, or that they will have to make do with a negative check for Corona, along with being seated at large spaces in the stands. As mentioned, the Ministry of Health is initially talking about the entry of about 3,000 fans as a pilot, but the administration has already clarified to the Ministry of Health that there is no point and wrong in the stadium where about 30,000 fans can enter only 10%, and it will be possible to allow more fans to enter Large space and scattering between the stands.
