Israel reports that coronavirus deaths and cases continue to fall even after restrictions were lifted while the country reopens after its upcoming vaccine campaign the world.
About 60% of Israel’s adult population has received their first Covid injection and the country’s R rating is now at 0.68, below the 0.8 threshold which indicates the decline of the pandemic.
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein halted the news on Thursday as the country prepared to ease further restrictions on Friday.
He said: ‘With every warning, I’m starting to believe we’re not going back. In the past, to get such data, we needed tight locking.
‘Now, everything is open and the indexes are falling. I am beginning to believe that the difficult times are behind us. ‘
People eat at a restaurant in the Israeli coastal town of Tel Aviv after restrictions were lifted in Israel
The government announced 1,517 new cases yesterday with 11 deaths.
However, since the peak of the pandemic in mid-January, Israel has recorded 91% fewer deaths, 86% fewer cases and 73% fewer patients with severe human infection among humans older than 60.
From Friday, indoor venues with a capacity of 5,000 people will be allowed to host up to 1,000 people, or up to 75% of their capacity and larger venues will be able to welcome up to 3,000 people, at most maximum of 30%.
Outdoor venues with up to 10,000 people can accommodate 3,000 guests and those with more than 10,000 seats can welcome up to 5,000 people.
Permission came after bars and restaurants, event halls, sporting events, hotels and all primary and secondary schools that had been closed to the public for months reopened almost two weeks later. back.
Anyone who is fully vaccinated, or has been diagnosed with coronavirus, is entitled to a ‘green passport’ introduced in late February.
Passports will allow people to have an indoor dinner at bars and restaurants (allowed to open at 75 per cent capacity, up to 100 people), indoor places of worship (limited to 20 people), as well as tourism facilities.
Passports issued by the health ministry can be obtained through an app, or can be printed out, and give access to various locations.
Israel has gone ahead with their vaccination campaign. More than 52 percent of the population of 9.3 million has received a single dose and nearly 40 percent two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, one of the highest levels in the world.
Nearly 90 percent of the country ‘s population over 50 has been vaccinated or recovered from the coronavirus.
With that high-risk population largely absorbed, decision-makers have found it safe enough to reopen more parts of the economy.
As vaccination rates continue to rise and the number of serious cases of COVID-19 falls, Israel’s unemployment rate remains high.
Israelis enjoy their time out as COVID-19 restrictions are gradually lifted in Tel Aviv, Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be drinking coffee with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon as they sit at a café while Israel eases restrictions on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jerusalem March 7
In January, 18.4 percent of workers were out of work because of the pandemic, according to the Israeli Bureau of Central Statistics.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to vaccinate the entire adult population by the end of April, which he said would mean ‘we are out of a corona crisis. ‘
Israel has gained an international reputation for moving swiftly to vaccinate their people. But he has been criticized by UN officials, human rights groups and medical experts for not sharing more of their stock with Palestinians.
Human rights groups and many Palestinians say Israel, as a property power, has a responsibility to give Palestinians vaccines. Israel says that under interim peace agreements reached in the 1990s, there is no such obligation.
Israeli officials have said the priority is vaccinating the Israeli population itself first, while the Palestinian Authority has said it will get its own vaccines through the World Health Organization and other sources. Israel has vaccinated its own Arab vaccine.