The Labor, Welfare and Health Committee, chaired by the acting chairman of the MK committee Tali Ploskov Approved this morning (Tuesday) the amendment to the Public Health Order, which requires all returnees to Israel from abroad in home isolation.
Head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Elrai Price Introducing the order, she said: “The order defines all the countries of the world becoming red. It was supposed to be Grace’s week but because of the mutation there was no way to wait. We are in a third wave of disease with 3,500 verified a day. bad”.
In the context of the 24th Knesset Election Law during the Corona, a dispute arose over how to vote for verified patients. During the reading of the sections of the law, a dispute arose over the manner in which verified patients voted for fear of infection, deterring other voters or Pike News. According to the bill, the chairman of the Central Election Commission will be authorized to determine the manner of voting. Meanwhile, Elrai Price said: “Verified people in the State of Israel do not go out, except in a medical emergency. Voting on foot or in a car is not acceptable“.
Director General of the Central Election Commission, Orly Adas, She replied: “Once we are allowed to transport voters by the election commission it is a dam breach, every election there are thousands of appeals to transport captive and sick people, and next time we will have to transport six million voters.”
Play Dubai plane (Photo: REUTERS / Emil Salman)She later referred to morbidity data in the United Arab Emirates, which is defined as a green country and now has tens of thousands of Israelis, and explained: Apparently there were more in practice. ”
She stressed that “In December, 40,000 passengers were expected to fly there and return here without the obligation to insulate, which is an air train of people who might start gluing chains.”. He added before the committee: “At the moment there is a threat to the citizens of the State of Israel, according to the data we have, 66% do not maintain their home isolation upon returning from abroad.”
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She also spoke to the Knesset’s Constitution Committee, noting that “at this stage, in order to ensure that no mutation enters that will lead to significant infection, harm to the economy and public health, we want to make sure that it does not affect the vaccine. Which could threaten public health. ” He added: “We heard about the mutation on Saturday and the mutant virus became within a few weeks the dominant strain so it has an evolutionary advantage. In those places where it exists we see an increase in morbidity of 70%.”
However, she stressed that “We have no evidence that the mutant virus is in Israel, but tests are being conducted. The World Health Organization reports that at least in the UK some tests miss the virus. We have tested and all evaluations for tests succeed in diagnosing it. “She referred to the genomic sequencing of the mutation, saying that” in England and Sweden a certain amount of testing goes to genomic sequencing to systematically surpass mutations. We have such a capability and a week ago we set up a committee whose goal is to produce a method of sampling returnees from abroad for a more in-depth examination. “
According to her, since the beginning of the first wave, more than 700 pavements have been made in Israel, reaching the central laboratory in Tel Hashomer. “In most countries the issue does not exist and therefore there is no black or white in the danger of states. In case we need to prioritize places in hotels, we will first go to countries where the mutation is already known,” she said, referring to the vaccine’s effectiveness.
She further noted that another mutation of the virus, which has earned the nickname – the mink mutant – has been discovered again in Greece. “This is an entry into the country of mutations that could impair the effectiveness of the vaccine, although it is currently known to help,” she explained. “The first mutant virus was detected in mid-September and created a situation where in England it controls 50% and in South Africa 95%. The worrying things, even if today the vaccine is effective for him. “
Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price receives vaccine for Corona (Photo: Beilinson spokeswoman)
At the end of her speech, the committee referred to the many recoverers from the virus: “The chance of re-infection is zero and we conduct a very comprehensive test for the re-infection rate but even if it exists it is at a very low rate. Of forgery of documents, and therefore a recovery procedure is only for tests in Israel, while those who have recovered from the virus abroad will have to undergo a test in Israel. We do not know how long the antibodies have been in the body, and know that there is a certain decrease over time. The fact that no antibodies are found does not mean for sure that the body has lost its immunity. “