Health Minister Edelstein: “Yesterday, almost 100,000 people were vaccinated, we will increase the pace even more”

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“Give a shoulder” operation: the minister of Health July (Joel) Edelstein He said this morning (Monday) that so far we have vaccinated 379,000 people in Corona in Israel, and that the rate continues to rise. “The beginning of the second week of the vaccination campaign, and we are scraping the 100,000 vaccines a day. This is thanks to the amazing work of the Ministry of Health, the HMOs, the hospitals and MDA. And most of all – thanks to you, the citizens of Israel, that you get involved and get vaccinated. We will continue like this, and we will also increase the pace even further. “

According to our world in data website, which monitors the state of immunization for corona in the world and centralizes the data from Oxford University, Israel is in first place in the rate of immunization for corona per capita. In second place is Bahrain, in third place Britain, followed by the United States and Russia in fourth and fifth places respectively.

Meanwhile, yesterday Corona Commissioner Prof. Nachman Ash gave a press briefing ahead of the closure, which took effect at 5:00 p.m. “Closure – a step that is neither easy nor simple, but it saves lives,” he stressed. “We may be able to begin to see the impact of quarantine within two weeks. We will look at population immunization and how it affects the number of critically ill patients – and accordingly consider what the recommendation for continued quarantine will be.

“Our original recommendation about two weeks ago was tight restraint,” Prof. Ash stressed. “As time went on and the disease increased, we decided on a more difficult and complex step – a complete closure. I call on the citizens at this point in time to adhere to the guidelines. If we do this together, we can overcome the disease and get on the horizon better thanks to vaccines. I am committed to my recommendations for the professional side. All the measures are intended to lower the level of morbidity and deal with the corona in the best possible way. “

“In about two weeks – about 5,000 verified”

According to Prof. Ash, “The coefficient of infection has been around 1.26-1.25 in recent days, it has the significance of doubling the number of verified people every two weeks. We need to keep this in mind when looking ahead. We are in a race between doubling morbidity and vaccines. The vaccination campaign is progressing exceptionally well. We reached close to 300,000 vaccinated. Better than we initially expected. The vaccines are flowing to Israel according to plan, and we will receive them over the next few weeks. “

Asked what the morbidity and mortality rate would be in about two weeks, he replied: “In the coming days the level of morbidity is expected to rise and in about two weeks I estimate there will be about 5,000 verified and around 800 patients in critical condition in hospitals. As time goes on we will see the effect. Of quarantine and morbidity will decrease. The severity of the illness depends on the public’s adherence to the guidelines. “

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Regarding the order of the vaccinated: “Decisions on the priority of vaccines are made according to the decision of the Vaccines Committee,” he clarified. “Their initial decision was to prioritize people aged 60 and over – and that’s how we do it. At the same time, there was a decision to prioritize chronic patients, oncologists and those with serious diseases, who are at risk. We will expand the chronic patients’ vaccine in the coming days.

“We will decide in the coming days when teachers will be vaccinated”

The decision to hold schools in the fifth-tenth grades should also be made: “According to our recommendation, the education system should have been closed. The government’s decision was to allow activities in kindergartens, grades 1-4 and 11-12. Any further opening of “Classrooms mean extending the duration of the closure and lowering its effectiveness. In my opinion, it is right to make the closure as short as possible, to limit activities and not to conduct studies during other age groups.”

The Education Committee rejected the regulations: 5th-10th graders will study in schools in closure // Photo: Knesset Channel

Regarding the vaccination of teaching staff: “As the operation progresses and as the vaccine progresses, we will be able to expand the populations that are vaccinated. We will decide in the coming days on the exact date when we will expand the vaccines for teachers and others.” “Teachers will definitely be at the forefront, and that will happen in the coming days.”

“Obviously, acting in this way undermines professionalism.”

To the question why there is no regulation of corona patients between the various hospitals: “With the increase in morbidity we monitor the loads in the various hospitals. The loads increase, but are not evenly distributed. There is a greater load in the north and in the hospitals in Jerusalem. Of patients – whether on arrival at MDA or transferring patients from the emergency rooms of congested hospitals to those that are less congested. We are already doing that these days. “

Regarding the claims of Liora Valinsky (the chief epidemiologist in the Ministry of Health, who resigned last week), according to which the Home Front Command’s investigation system is unprofessional: “We had to build an array based on additional factors. “By the nurses so that they can act in the most professional way. It is clear that when they act in such a way, there is a violation of professionalism. It was inevitable to expand the number of researchers.”

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