Health

Last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein received the second dose of the corona virus at Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer. Exactly three weeks ago, they received the first dose in front of the cameras, and officially launched the vaccination campaign in Israel. "I am trained but I am also excited," Netanyahu said before receiving the shot from his personal physician, Dr. Berkowitz. "I am sure that Israeli citizens who are supposed to receive the second dose are as excited as I am." The Prime Minister spoke about the arrival of vaccine shipments in...

The Center for the Collection of Fines in the Enforcement and Collection Authority, which collects the corona fines imposed by the police, reports this morning (Monday) that in the last 12 days, Israeli citizens have been given about 52,000 fines in the amount of NIS 42 million. Since the beginning of the crisis, citizens who violated the regulations have been fined NIS 510,000, in the amount of NIS 312 million. Over 90% of the fines were given for not wearing a mask. One-third of the requests for cancellation of reports filed by citizens against Corona fines issued by police were granted....

The Ministry of Health announced today (Tuesday) that starting tomorrow, HMO insured persons aged 50 and over will be able to be vaccinated against the corona virus. The ministry said that the health funds should be contacted to schedule an appointment for the vaccine. Lowering the age of those allowed to be vaccinated comes at the same time as the teaching staff vaccination campaign that began today. 39,678 people were vaccinated against the virus yesterday, and so far 1.9 million Israelis have been vaccinated. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 73% of citizens over the age of 60...

The tightened closure will last longer than planned: On Tuesday evening, the government approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to extend the tightened closure by 10 days. Thus, the severe restrictions that were supposed to expire after two weeks this coming Thursday - will last until Sunday 31 January at midnight. At the same time, it was decided that a negative corona test would apply 72 hours before departure from abroad to Israel. The tight closure was supposed to end on Thursday this week, but the morbidity data led to its extension. , Yesterday a record of more than...

The Rebbe of Viznitz, Rabbi Yisrael Hagar, instructed his followers to open all the educational institutions of the court starting tomorrow, and also called on other rabbis to act like him and order their communities to do so. Hagar heads the third largest Chassidut in Israel, is a member of the Torah Party Torah and has a representative in the Knesset (MK Yaakov Tessler). This is the first crack in the official position of the mainstream leaders in the ultra-Orthodox community, who have so far called on the public (at least publicly) to maintain the closure guidelines. The Rebbe of...

The team of experts at the Hebrew University, in collaboration with Hadassah Hospital, calls on the government to immediately open kindergartens in the green and yellow localities, and then gradually open the education system as soon as possible - even before returning to routine in other areas. According to the university's team of experts, "the damage involved in the sweeping closure of education frameworks outweighs the benefit." They call for a careful and differential opening of the education system as soon as possible. The letter, sent to the government by members of the...

Thousands of people demonstrated Saturday night against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and government corruption, for the 34th week in a row. About a thousand demonstrators in front of the prime minister's residence on Balfour Street in Jerusalem and several hundred demonstrators near the Netanyahu family's home in Caesarea. These demonstrations were preceded by a series of smaller protests at intersections, bridges and interchanges across the country. Some of the protesters reported incidents of violence during the demonstrations at the intersections. A young woman was arrested after...

The Ministry of Health updated tonight (Saturday) that 4,595 people have been diagnosed with Corona in the past day. Thus, the number of infected people in Israel since the outbreak of the epidemic rose to 721,759. Yesterday, results were obtained for 75,587 tests, of which 6.8% were found positive. The test data and their results are not final and may change in subsequent updates from the Ministry of Health. The number of active patients is 61,920. The hospitals house 1,534 patients, of whom 315 are respirators and 1,002 are seriously ill. Currently, 5,340 people have died from the corona...

The Manufacturers' Association issued a legal opinion on Monday evening to all employers affiliated with it, according to which the employer is allowed to force an employee to be vaccinated or tested on a daily basis, and even to expel an employee to the Knesset if he chooses not to do so. 'Specializing in labor law, may apply to about 400 thousand workers directly employed by industrialists from the association.

This coming Sunday, classes will be resumed in grades 5-6 as well as 11-12 in green, yellow and orange cities where more than 70% are vaccinated, but 7th-10th graders will continue to be at home - at least until March 7, 11 Days before the beginning of the Passover holiday. Teachers, parents, children and educators from all over the country harshly criticized the decision that remained: "Opening malls and commerce before the education system symbolizes the importance of the education system and Israeli students in the eyes of the political echelon. Shame and disgrace." Ahead of tonight's...