ONE System | 2/19/2021 10:46 AM
Eyal Golsa and Emanuel Boateng (Radad Jabara)
Chairman of the Board, Erez Kalfon, Warned the players and teams in a letter sent today (Friday) stating the outline of operating the professional leagues in case of exposure to a Corona patient, warning that the special outline given so far will be discontinued – and those who are not vaccinated will enter full isolation like the general population.
The letter stated: “Following the report given yesterday at the Executive Board meeting and in order for you to prepare in advance, I found it appropriate to update you now on an expected change in the outline of operating the professional leagues and exposing players / staff to verified patients. As you know, in order for us to maintain the game season, the Ministry of Health has so far applied an outline that includes special conditions, in which players and staff members who were exposed to Corona patients inside or outside the team, underwent a Corona test and subject to a negative response and approval from the Ministry of Health. only.
“Vaccines are currently available to us to deal with the corona virus. Accordingly, we were informed by the Ministry of Health that in the near future the special outline will be discontinued and a player / staff member who does not hold a vaccinator and / or recover certificate and is exposed to a corona patient will enter home isolation similar to the general population and will not join the group activities. Involved, ie – absence of players / staff members from the team’s activities for a significant period of time. Since the process of obtaining a vaccine certificate takes about a month, I found it appropriate to warn you now that you must prepare for it.
“Please make sure that all players and team members who have not yet been vaccinated will do so as soon as possible and clarify the implications for players and team members who choose not to be vaccinated and this decision may cause them to be absent from team activities for a long time. In addition and regardless, we would like to inform you that we have been updated by government officials that a legislative process is currently underway that will require employees in the fields of green mark in culture and sports to have a vaccinator / recovering certificate.
This means that as this legislation passes, all players / professional teams, security teams, stadium workers, buffets and all the many different teams and suppliers required to manage the football game will have to meet these conditions in order to enter the stadium on game day. All such factors. I call on you again to complete the vaccination campaign and make sure that all the team players and members of the professional and administrative team will be qualified and available in a way that will allow the completion of the season in a sporting manner. “
