Edelstein: “About 210,000 Israelis have been vaccinated since Sunday, we will increase the rate in the coming days”

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The Ministry of Health published this morning (Friday) the updated morbidity data in Corona, according to which 3,958 people were identified yesterday in 96,590 new tests. The percentage of positives is 4.1.

There are 33,808 active patients in Israel, 735 of whom are staying in hotels. 926 are hospitalized – 506 in critical condition (of which 157 in critical condition), 181 people in moderate condition and 128 respirators. The death toll from the outbreak is 3,171.

2,873 medical staff are currently in isolation – 414 doctors, 769 nurses and 1,690 in other professions.

“A small shot per person, a huge step for the health of us all”: Netanyahu and Edelstein were vaccinated in Corona

According to Minister Edelstein, about 210,000 of the 60-plus-year-olds, the medical staff and the “Fathers and Mothers’ Protector” have already taken the first dose of the vaccine – of which more than 74,000 yesterday. He said, “We will increase the pace in the coming days. I thank the employees of the Ministry of Health, the health funds, the hospitals, MDA and the Home Front Command for their wonderful work. “Thanks to you, 210,000 people are on their way to being more protected.”

Israel is locked up again

As you may recall, on Sunday at 17:00 the closure will begin. During this, a restriction of movement of 1,000 meters from the house will apply and it will not be allowed to stay in another person’s house. Trade will be closed in full, except for delivery services and public transportation will be reduced by 50%.

PM Netanyahu on decision on the decision to operate the education system during the closure // Photo: Photo: Itai Beit-On, Sound: Nir Sharaf / GPO

The government determined earlier this week that classes would end at 1 p.m., but yesterday it was decided thatThe education system will operate in the way it has operated until now (early childhood education frameworks, kindergartens, grades 1-4 and 11-12) will operate. 5th-10th graders will learn from home.

The layout of the “Green Islands”, in which hotels were opened in Eilat and the Dead Sea, will be canceled. Workplaces will operate in the Yom Kippur closure format (businesses that have been defined as essential will remain open). Gatherings will also be limited to 10 people indoors and 20 indoors. In addition, it has been determined that trading will be completely closed (except for deliveries and without takeaway).

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

Meanwhile, the director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy, noted yesterday that the closure may last longer than planned: “We are in the midst of a growing wave of morbidity in Corona, so the cabinet made a decision on closure,” he explained. “If we do not lower the level of morbidity to the dimensions of about a thousand patients and promote infection below one, we may come and ask to extend the closure for a while longer in order to achieve the goals.”

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