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The Ministry of Health has issued an import permit for the rapid test kit for the detection of the corona virus by the global medical technology giant Ketone Dickinson (BD) for immediate use in Israel. The test, dubbed Veritor, was approved by the regulatory authorities in the United States and Europe several months ago. The kit works on the basis of identifying proteins from the envelope of the virus (antigens), and allows a result to be obtained within about 15 minutes. It is simple to operate, and will be approved for use in laboratories. In the future, home operation may be possible...

The number of students in Corona increased by 480% in December. According to the Ministry of Health, 80,000 adults, mostly parents, have been infected with children since March. The concern: Without the tightening of the closure, even the lower classes will be "corona incubators." "Out of 20 interrogations I received today, 12 were children (60%). There were several other adults who were infected from their children, who were infected in schools. This is the case almost every day these days," he wrote this week on Facebook in the Ministry of Health's epidemiological investigations. "The...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein arrived at the Clalit Health Fund's vaccination complex in the city of Umm al - Fahm on Friday, where the millionth vaccine against the corona virus was carried out. "This is great excitement," Netanyahu said after city resident Muhammad Jabarin received the vaccine. "We are breaking all records, we have brought millions of vaccines to Israel." Netanyahu added: "We have preceded the whole world and now we are ahead of them with our excellent health funds. We are moving forward with tremendous speed to vaccinate the entire...

The Knesset's Constitution Committee, chaired by MK Yaakov Asher, convened on Monday to discuss the "Green Passport" initiative for recovering people from Corona and those vaccinated against it, which could allow citizens holding it free access to sites now closed to all due to the spread of the epidemic. The presentation of the Ministry of Health presented to the Knesset members suggests the areas for which the "green passport" will be valid. According to the plan, the passport may allow entry to cultural events, sporting events, conferences, events and museums, and possibly also to...

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...