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About 200,000 students did not start the school year in schools and kindergartens today (Wednesday), according to data from the Ministry of Education. The reasons for this are varied: either they are isolated, or infected in Corona, or they are in grades 8-12 in red localities with a vaccination rate of less than 70% in the first dose. Of the students in the education system, 38.2 thousand are defined as active blue and 56 thousand are in isolation. In addition, 4,140 teachers and staff are sick or isolated. At this point it is still unknown what the results of the rapid tests the parents...

HMOs are starting to vaccinate against influenza viruses as early as next week, when new US flu vaccines have been released in the US ahead of a severe winter that could lead to a double wave of flu and corona flu. The World Health Organization states based on the monitoring of morbidity in the southern hemisphere that precedes the flu in the northern hemisphere, which shows that the common strains are similar to those of the last two years. This year, injectable vaccines (containing killed virus particles) intended for those aged six months and older at all ages, and spray vaccines...

16,401 Israelis were diagnosed positive for Corona over the weekend. This is according to data from the Ministry of Health. 9,725 Israelis were confirmed positive yesterday, and 6,676 have been diagnosed since midnight. Today about 118,000 tests were solved and yesterday about 178,000. The rate of positive tests in the last two days is about 6.5%. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 1,092 corona patients are hospitalized in hospitals across the country, 696 of them in critical condition. This is an increase compared to the number of serious patients at the beginning of Shabbat. In...

About 27,000 PCR tests were conducted at Ben Gurion Airport on September 9-10, 16,388 of which were returned from Uman in Ukraine - and now the results are flowing: Returned on flights from Uman. On Friday, it was reported that the number of Israelis verified in Corona who returned from Uman was 156, but on Saturday evening it turned out to be a much higher and more serious figure. 117 of them were summoned for questioning on suspicion of falsifying the test results. The tests are performed by Pemi Premium, and are performed immediately upon the arrival of all those returning to Israel...

The Ministry of Health updated the corona data in Israel, with the end of the Yom Kippur fast. According to the new data, 8,586 new positives were diagnosed in Corona on Wednesday and now the number of active patients in Israel stands at 83,652 patients. The percentage of positive tests yesterday was 5.93% and the coefficient of infection is 1.14. The number of severe patients is 654 patients, of whom 237 are defined as critical and 186 are respiratory. The number of deaths from the plague also increased during the holiday and now stands at 7,465. The fight against the plague continues all...

The Committee of Experts on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last night (Friday) unanimously recommended that the third vaccine be given to people 65 and older and to high-risk groups for serious illness in the United States. This was at the end of a re-vote, after the panel of experts ruled out giving the booster sweepingly to all 16-year-olds and older. In a discussion that lasted about eight hours, the experts raised doubts about the need for a booster for all age groups - and claimed that there is still not enough information indicating the safety of the third dose, especially for...

The Knesset's Education Committee approved the curriculum, which the ministers voted on earlier on Thursday. The health system fears the decision to require all students to perform rapid home corona tests before returning to school after Sukkot, and to require their parents to make a statement regarding the test results. Back from the Sukkot holiday it is mandatory to present a statement on a negative corona test. A student who does not present the statement at the school gate will be admitted - but will be removed from the students. Teaching teams will be charged with a green mark or a...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to discuss in the coming weeks Pfizer's request to approve the corona vaccine it also developed for children ages 5 to 11. According to the U.S. company, Pfizer's vaccines have been found effective - and the trial in children in this age group has been successful. "I feel a great sense of urgency in allowing the vaccine to be given to children under 12," Dr. Bill Gruber, senior vice president at Pfizer, told the Associated Press. "There is a huge demand from parents to get their children's lives back to normal." Following the...

The number of corona patients hospitalized in critical condition continues to decline and tonight (Saturday) their number stands at 694, compared to 741 on Wednesday. However, there has been an alarming increase in the number of serious patients connected to respirators and their number stands at 221 - a record in the fourth wave. Among the severe patients - 486 are not vaccinated, 134 are vaccinated in two doses and 56 are vaccinated with a booster dose. No data were provided for the other severe patients. The rate of severely unvaccinated patients now stands at 72%. Among severe patients...

Nearly 50,000 daycare children in kindergartens and lower grades of elementary schools will return to activity on Wednesday morning after the Sukkot holiday - and tomorrow Thursday the entire education system will return after long weeks of the holiday season. The daycare principals were instructed not to allow the entry of the children who would not present a signed parent declaration of a negative result in the antigen tests, as well as in the schools that would welcome the pupils and pupils tomorrow. Data from the Ministry of Education show that so far 1.15 million home tests have been...