In the background of the successful vaccination campaign – the corona data continue to be worrying. 5,804 new verifications to the corona virus have been diagnosed in the past day. 102,860 tests were performed yesterday (Thursday), and the positive rate stands at 5.7%. There are no other cities in Israel that are defined as “green”, except for a few small localities.
Data from the Ministry of Health show that 1,102 corona patients are hospitalized in hospitals across the country, 678 of them in critical condition. 178 patients connected to respirators. Yesterday, 18 corona patients died and the number of deaths since the outbreak of the plague stands at 3,338.
In Israel, there are 45,373 active patients. 8,915 of them are residents of Jerusalem, 1,969 live in Bnei Brak, 1,337 in Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1,234 in Haifa, 1,213 in Ashdod, 1,061 in Beit Shemesh, 1,056 in Modi’in Illit, 974 in Petah Tikva, 730 in Nazareth, 723 in Be’er Sheva, 683 in Beitar Illit, 638 in Rishon Lezion, 612 In Holon, 588 in Netanya, 447 in Ashkelon, 432 in Rehovot, 418 in Elad, 414 in Tamra, 364 in Ramat Gan, 360 in Kiryat Gat, 351 in Tiberias, 335 in Shefar’am, 327 in Arad, 323 in Bat Yam, 317 in Modi’in Maccabim Reut, 316 in Lod and 301 in Ramla.
A spokeswoman for the Clalit Health Fund said yesterday that the fund will now start treating patients aged 55 and over who suffer from chronic diseases. “Chronic patients aged 55 and over will receive a text message. Arrive by appointment only in advance,” said the fund, which has vaccinated close to 400,000 people in its 150 vaccine complexes in the country.
Last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Clalit Health Fund’s vaccination station in the city of Tira in the Triangle. “I had 13 conversations with Pfizer CEO and also with Modern. They said that both vaccines have 95% success, “Netanyahu said during his visit to the Arab city.” It is safe, it protects and gives the family and the state the protection. “Everyone needs to be vaccinated – we brought them to Jews, Arabs, religious and secular.”
Netanyahu called on the residents of the city, which is known for the market that operates in it on Saturday and in its stores, to get vaccinated. “You can get out of it, go out and enjoy life. All it takes is a little stab – and come back to life. Let’s get vaccinated, ‘go up, go up’. The whole world looks and is amazed – all over the world they write and say that Israel is a miracle. “And much more. That’s what we do all the time – even today.”
An hour earlier, the director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy, said that he estimated that young and healthy citizens in Israel could start getting vaccinated against the corona virus in February. Levy added in a press briefing that the percentage of verified people is high. Teeth.
Levy added that “Israel is the world champion in the number of vaccinated per day per hundred people. So far about 800,000 Israeli citizens have been vaccinated. Both yesterday and yesterday 150,000. Today we are at the same rate but the final numbers will be updated later. About 33% of the population over 60 Resilience and the screen of all the vaccinated about 80% are over 60 years old. ” He said, “As more shipments arrive we will be able to open the vaccines to more population.”
Corona projector Prof. Nachman Ash also commented last night on the vaccination campaign. “We started vaccinating at the beginning of last week. We now reach 150,000 vaccines per day as we expect to vaccinate all vaccine populations, complete the first round next weekend and complete the second round in about a month,” he said at a virtual conference at Ariel University.
“I did not say it was not helpful, but it could have been done hermetically and tightly, and for a short period of time. We certainly will not reach 1,000 verified through the current closure.” He also said confidently: “I can guarantee that the morbidity will go up in the coming week. We asked to limit the family gatherings, it was not approved. The politics ruined the closure.”