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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...

Corona's isolation has only recently been shortened from ten days to seven, and is now expected to be further shortened: Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz on Sunday evening ordered his office staff to shorten Corona's isolation shortening from seven to five days, but Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has not yet formulated his position. However, there are growing assessments in the health system that the move will eventually be approved, and final discussions on the issue are expected to take place tomorrow and the day after.

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz decided to shorten the isolation to five days with the encouragement of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Following the announcement of the shortening of the isolation to five days, some members of the epidemic treatment team of the Ministry of Health sharply criticized the decision. The reason: Contrary to the decision to shorten the isolation to seven days discussed by the team after data was presented and a vote was taken, Minister Horowitz and senior officials of his ministry including Director General of the Ministry of Health Prof. Nachman Ash and Head of...

The United States warned on Tuesday against traveling to Israel following the spread of the corona there. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Israel is at the 4th highest level of risk from Corona - and Americans should avoid traveling to it. Along with Israel, 21 other countries were added to the list. The CDC stressed that the recommendation is sweeping for the vaccinated as well - but if it is an important trip, it is better to fly when vaccinated against the virus. The prevailing assessment in Israel is that the coefficient of infection is expected to...

The labor market is expected to immediately face a fundamental change, whereby thousands of workers will be able to get to their jobs even if they have been infected with the corona virus. This is on the condition that their illness is without symptoms and that they will not meet on their way to the workplace and the factory where they are employed by any other worker while they are there. The innovation, which mainly concerns workers in industry, may in fact eliminate the need for many workers in isolation and help workplaces overcome the absence in recent days of many workers, including...

According to data from the Ministry of Health from this morning (Monday), in recent days 527,233 Israelis have been diagnosed as positive for Corona and have not yet recovered. 187,867 people are in solitary confinement, many of them students - before changing guidelines. Since the outbreak of the plague, 8,447 patients have died in Israel from the complications of the virus - 11 of them yesterday. On Saturday, 20 corona patients died - the highest daily number in the fifth wave. Since the beginning of the month, 196 corona patients have died in Israel. In the last day, 67,198 positive...