The Ministry of Health announced this morning (Friday) that in the last day, 7,597 people were diagnosed in Corona in Israel.
This increased the number of people diagnosed to 474,001, of whom 65,514 were active patients.
More than 1.7 million Israelis have received the first dose of the corona vaccine so far, about 115,000 of them just yesterday. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said that “tomorrow I would be happy to be the second Israeli to receive a second dose of vaccine, on the way to being released from the damn virus.”
A tight closure was imposed on Israeli citizens at midnight (Friday) for 14 days, until January 21, 2021, in order to dramatically reduce the morbidity of the country.
The education system is closed except for special education and boarding schools. Students in other classes will move on to distance learning.
During the closure, gatherings of up to 5 people in a closed area and up to 10 people in an open area are allowed, while excluding weddings, alliances and funerals where up to 10 people in a closed area and 20 in an open area are allowed). Prayer in the building will be allowed for up to 5 people instead of 10.
Education:
There is a prohibition on opening an educational institution for students and employees, except for special education and the exceptions stipulated by law. Boarding school activities will be allowed in the closed track for at least 30 days, and without the possibility of being admitted back to the boarding school for a student who left it.
employment:
1. Workers shall not be allowed to enter the workplace, except in excluded places, including workplaces that provide essential services, factories for the provision of subsistence services, and workplaces that engage in construction or infrastructure works.
2. Every employer may allow an employee to stay in the workplace if his stay is required for the maintenance of the place or for the purpose of continuing the functional activity of the workplace, including repairing defects, maintenance, deliveries, wage payments and more. In addition, specific provisions were established regarding establishments with a special permit to employ a worker during rest hours, defense industry and security-supporting establishments, government ministries, local authorities, religious councils and institutions of higher education.
3. To the list of essential jobs existing in the regulations, lawyers have been added, in cases where they have to represent clients before courts or other institutions, prepare such representation, or provide essential service to a client who does not suffer delay and cannot be performed by alternative digital means, and employees required to assist the Central Election Commission To the Knesset or to a regional election committee for the Knesset, for the purpose of holding the upcoming elections.
4. Employers who meet the various conditions and will continue to operate are required to continue to meet the conditions of the purple mark.
transportation:
Reducing occupancy by public transport to 50%
primaries:
An exception is provided for a ban on leaving the place of residence, in order to allow a person to leave for a by-election, as well as the departure of a candidate or the departure of an employee or service provider, on behalf of a party or candidate, to prepare for Knesset elections, including primary elections.
2. It will be permitted to operate a polling station for the purpose of holding primaries.
3. A person entering a polling place shall not be asked about the existence of symptoms that do not require isolation, so that his right to vote for these symptoms is not denied. As well as compliance with the existing provisions in the Home Insulation Order, regarding the possibility of presenting a negative test regarding a person with a fever. In addition, the obligation to interrogate will not apply with respect to ballots designated for a person who requires isolation, insofar as such ballot papers are determined.
These are the restrictions that already exist today, and will continue to exist for the next 14 days:
1. Determining restrictions on leaving the place of residence beyond 1000 meters, except for exceptions such as: leaving to get vaccinated, medical or social care, demonstration, legal proceedings, leaving for sports activities (not by way of arriving at the place by vehicle), transferring a minor between his separated parents , Exit to a place of work or to an educational setting whose activities are permitted, exit for the purpose of attending a funeral, wedding or alliance (subject to the crowd restriction).
Fine for violation: 500 NIS.
2. Prohibition of leaving the place of residence for the purpose of staying at another person’s place of residence.
Closure of public and business places except for essential stores: food, hygiene, optics, pharmacy, electrical appliances and products needed for essential home repairs.
4. Closure of accommodation units and B & Bs, zoo, nature reserve safaris, national parks, national sites and memorial sites; A place to provide non-medical care, including a hairdresser and a place to provide beauty and cosmetic treatments; A place to provide complementary medicine treatment; Drive not to watch movies; A mall or retail market and museum, as well as eliminating the possibility of opening a restaurant by way of self-collection.
Elimination of the possibility of holding practical driving lessons and a ban on organizing or participating in an organized trip.
6. Prohibition on takeaway, delivery service allowed.