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Pfizer has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for emergency use the drug it developed for Corona. Upon receipt of the approval, the new drug will be available to tens of millions of Americans, vaccinated and unvaccinated, if infected with the virus. The FDA approved the administration of the drug subject to obtaining a doctor's prescription for diagnosed patients, as long as no more than five days had elapsed from the onset of the first symptoms. According to Pfizer, when the pill was given within three days of the onset of symptoms, the risk of...

The team of experts in the treatment of epidemics in the Ministry of Health has recommended a fourth vaccine against Corona for adults over the age of 60 and for medical staff. The recommendation is subject to the approval of the Director-General of the Ministry of Health and at this stage, it appears that the fourth vaccine will be possible, but probably not necessarily recommended. The Corona Virus Information Center said: "Epidemic treatment team members recommend giving a fourth dose to people aged 60 and over and immunocompromised, provided four months have passed from the third dose;...

Ministers on Friday approved the new mall outline. According to the outline, malls will operate in the format of a purple character, according to the occupancy ratio of one person every 15 meters. In addition, entry to stores with an area of ​​more than 100 square meters will be allowed subject to the presentation of a green label, and it will not be possible to sit at the food stalls but only self-collection. The green label will not apply to stores that provide essential services. * Malls will operate in a purple character format, according to an occupancy ratio of 1:15 (one person...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said this morning in an interview on the "This Morning" program on Kan B that "we are just before the contagion storm - on a scale we have not seen in Israel." Bennett added that according to the isolation policy that is expected to be adopted by the government, vaccinated people will not be required for isolation - even if they are exposed to a verified patient. The Prime Minister stressed that the data on the hospitalization of children in the world due to the spread of the omicron are on the rise and called on parents to vaccinate their children. The...

Senior Health Ministry officials convened a press conference to discuss how to deal with the Omicron strain. The event was attended by the Minister of Health, Nitzan Horowitz, the director-general of the ministry, Prof. Nachman Ash, the project manager, Prof. Salman Zarka, and the head of the public health services, Dr. Sharon Elrai Price. During the press conference, senior ministry officials noted that it is mandatory to wear a mask in open spaces, where there are more than 50 people. Prof. Ash signed the order requiring the mask to be worn outside, and the directive, it turns out, went...

4,916 Israelis received a message on Thursday that they are positive about Corona. This is the highest daily verified number since September 27th. However, Channel 12 reported that the Ministry of Health is considering abolishing the isolation of returnees abroad. A total of 157,600 tests were deciphered and the positive rate was 3.15%. This is the highest positive percentage since October 1st. At the same time, the infection rate continues to rise and this morning stands at 1.71 - indicating a very widespread spread of the plague. 169 corona patients are hospitalized in hospitals around...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett convened a press conference on Sunday evening following the widespread of the Omicron strain across the country - and announced that the Ministry of Health has approved a fourth vaccine for all those aged 60 and up. "The wave of omicrons is here, and I want to give the citizens of Israel as complete a picture as possible," Bennett said at the beginning of the statement, which, for the first time since the increase in morbidity, was conditional on a rapid corona examination. "It is different from previous varieties and behaves differently, and this requires us...

The director-general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, announced on Thursday that from midnight onwards, all countries will be removed from the list of red countries. It is recommended not to fly, "the CEO emphasized," but at the moment there is no point in doing so anymore. " The decision was made following a pre-defined policy, according to which the mechanism of the red states will be suspended in a situation in which the percentage of nationals who entered from abroad falls below 5% of the total morbidity in the country

The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education have officially announced a new outline for the education system, and it will take effect this coming Sunday, subject to the approval of the government and the Knesset Education Committee. The bottom line of the decision, the traffic light layout is abolished, and the conduct of the education system will be the same as driving throughout the economy, regardless of the color of the authority

"You should buy fast, even if it's a package of 20 antigen tests, because if you come in another hour there will be no more," the saleswoman at the Good Pharm branch on Florentine Street explained to one of the customers today (Sunday). The Super-Pharm branch, which is 200 meters away, has not been inspected since Thursday. The cashier says they were assured that the inventory would be replenished later in the day, but she does not know exactly when. Since the Ministry of Health announced last week that vaccines exposed to a verified patient will be able to settle for a home corona test to...