Health
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
The Ministry of Health updated on Saturday evening that yesterday 3,585 corona patients were diagnosed out of 113,694 tested, and the positive rate was 3.15%. By midnight, another 1,270 patients had been diagnosed, and a total of 4,770 patients had been diagnosed over the weekend. These are data that are expected to change later in the evening, with further updates regarding the number of patients diagnosed today. 867 corona patients are hospitalized in hospitals across the country, 587 of them in critical condition. 261 of the patients in critical condition are in critical condition, and...
Oct 2, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
5 million people have died so far from corona and virus-related complications worldwide. This was reported on Saturday by the Reuters news agency, which noted that with the spread of the delta strain, most of the victims are not vaccinated. According to the news agency, the number of victims worldwide stood at 2.5 million after almost a year after the epidemic broke out, and another 2.5 million died within 236 days. According to Reuters, more than half of the deaths are from the US, Russia, Brazil, Mexico and India. Last week, Reuters noted that an average of 8,000 deaths were reported per...
Oct 2, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
In the shadow of the decline in morbidity and after a month without discussions, the Corona Cabinet convened on Sunday. The Ministerial Committee has decided that starting this coming Tuesday businesses will be required to scan the new green label by reading a barcode. Libraries and museums will meanwhile be excluded so that organic classes in capsule layout can come through their gates without corona testing. However, it was decided that enforcement of the new green label would only begin on Thursday. During the discussion, the professionals presented to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet...
Oct 3, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
The number of corona patients who are in a serious condition continues to decline, and their number on Tuesday evening is 489. This is the first time since August 13 that the number of patients is seriously lower than 500. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 197 of the seriously ill patients are connected to respirators. Of the 489 patients who were severe, 363 were not vaccinated at all, 79 received the two vaccine doses but not the booster dose and 33 were also vaccinated in the third dose. In fact, more than 76% of severe patients are not vaccinated, compared with less than 7%...
Oct 6, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
An Israeli study, the first of its kind in the world, which included hundreds of thousands of Pfizer vaccines, shows that the chance of developing myocarditis following the vaccine is extremely rare, and even when it is realized, it is a very mild disease, without affecting heart function. The study is published Thursday night in the leading medical journal The New England Journal of Medicine. The study, conducted by the Beilinson Hospital Cardiology Department in collaboration with the Clalit Research Institute, examined the prevalence of myocarditis and its severity after receiving the...
Oct 6, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
The Ministry of Health announced on Friday that 2,064 verified cases of the corona virus. The number of patients in critical condition dropped to 460. 227 patients are in critical condition, 183 of them respiratory. Also, during that day, nine patients died, and the total number of water since the outbreak of the plague rose to 7,885. To date, about 3.7 million people have been vaccinated against corona in Israel in the third dose. During yesterday, about 33,000 people were vaccinated with this dose. The data also show that the coefficient of infection continues to decline and now stands...
Oct 9, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
The outline that is expected to prevent isolation for students in schools in green localities will only take effect on Tuesday or Wednesday. This is despite the fact that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the Ministry of Health claimed that the pilot would begin tomorrow. The reason why the outline is expected to start only later this week - the tests required to maintain the outline have not yet reached the authorities and school principals. In order to maintain the outline, which is an extension of the "Green Class" pilot, about 920,000 antigen test kits are required for about 410,000...
Oct 9, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
1,023 Israelis were diagnosed yesterday as positive for Corona. This is the lowest number of verified since July 24. A total of 52,000 tests were performed and the positive rate was 1.99%. This is the first time since the end of July that the verified rate has been below 2%. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 674 corona patients are hospitalized in hospitals across the country, 463 of them in critical condition. This is a number similar to what it was last night. 186 of the critically ill patients are connected to respirators
Oct 10, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
Green lable regulations confuse the public. The courts have recently ruled that the requirement to fulfill the obligations of the green lable: that is, to be vaccinated or provide a negative test result, to enter the workplace is a reasonable requirement. However, despite the clear position of the courts and also of the legal advice to the government businesses that operated then according to the green lable interpreted the regulations each in a different way. Some explicitly stated that not all of their employees were vaccinated, and others made it clear that only vaccinated workers or...
Oct 10, 2021
by Ifi Reporter
Category: Health
Over the weekend, an increase in attempts at cyber attacks against a number of hospitals and medical organizations was identified, according to a joint statement from the Ministry of Health and the National Cyber System. It was also reported that early assessments and a quick response from the center and staff on the ground halted the attempts and no damage was done. It was further reported that the additional burglary attempts were to the government hospitals, probably due to the fact that there is a less good defense system there than in the public hospitals and in general. Check...
Oct 17, 2021