Health

The nurses' strike that began today (Monday) is about to end. In a meeting held tonight between Finance Minister Israel Katz and the chairman of the Nurses' Federation, Ilana Cohen, an outline was agreed for ending the strike. And these are the agreements: 1. An additional 2,000 temporary standards for nurses and 400 for physicians Within three days, a joint team will be set up to make recommendations and conclusions within a month (until August 25) and make a decision - on the scope of the additional additional standard required and the way and date of implementation. 3. The issue of...

A ranking published in the New York Times shows that Israel is in sixth place in the world in terms of the number of new infections per day per million inhabitants. In the first places in the ranking are the Gulf states of Oman and Bahrain, where the virus is spreading rapidly, especially among foreign workers. Before Israel, which affects about 200 people per million inhabitants a day, are Oman, Bahrain, Panama, South Africa and the United States. In Oman, which leads the ranking, more than 300 people per million inhabitants are infected per day, as of the end of July. After Israel in the...

According to data from the Ministry of Health published this morning (Monday), 12,119 corona tests were deciphered, of which 1,039 were positive. The rate of positive tests was 9.2%, which means that one in 11 people was diagnosed with the corona virus. It also shows that in Beit Shemesh, Bnei Brak, Modi'in Illit and Beitar Illit - one in five subjects in the past week was positive for the virus. According to the data, five more people died yesterday and the number of people killed in the plague rose to 473. 317 of the patients are defined as in critical condition. 104 of the patients...

Israel, whose response to the corona virus epidemic was initially considered a success story, especially compared to the way the epidemic was dealt with by countries like the United States, has lost its initial advantage and even worse. On Tuesday, Israel "surpassed" the United States in terms of the number of people infected with the corona virus per million people, for the first time since the end of March. At the end of May, the average weekly number of infected people in Israel was close to zero, while in the United States at that time it was about 80. Since then, the average number...

349 corona patients are hospitalized in serious condition and the number of respirators is 97. Data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday morning show that 1,801 new corona patients were diagnosed yesterday and by midnight 270 new infections were diagnosed, including a 22-day-old baby diagnosed at Poria Hospital in Tiberias. Yesterday, results of 22,396 tests were obtained. The death toll from the plague stands at 554 people - a jump of eight from yesterday. From Poria Hospital it was reported that in the morning a 22-day-old baby was hospitalized with a temperature of 38 degrees....

The Corona Cabinet has decided to lift restrictions on business activities on weekends and stays in public playgrounds. These decisions are subject to government approval, and a vote will be taken during the day. It was also decided to increase involvement in the orange and red cities, and it was decided to promote an outline for the opening of the skies on August 16. The focus of the discussion was a confrontation between the prime minister's approach, which pushed for a closure call, For that. The forum convened yesterday to discuss the possibility of new concessions or restrictions on...

The Ministry of Health updated that 10,052 people were diagnosed with the Corona virus last week. The figure is 14.95% lower than the week before, when 11,820 people were diagnosed. 1,674 were diagnosed in the past day, bringing the number of infected patients in Israel to 80,431. Yesterday, results were obtained for 28,382 tests, with the percentage of positive for the virus being 6.1%. The test data and their results are not final and may change in subsequent updates from the Ministry of Health. The number of active patients is 24,577. 776 patients are hospitalized in the hospitals, of...

Significant increase in the number of respirators: According to data from the Ministry of Health, the number of corona patients in hospitals increased by 12 in half a day and reached 118, the most since the end of April, at the height of the first wave. The peak number of respirators was on April 13, when 137 corona patients who were connected to respirators were hospitalized in hospitals across the country. This is a sharp jump in the number of respirators in recent weeks. According to the data on July 1 there were 24 respirators, on August 1 the number jumped to 94 and this morning it...

The Medical Federation announced on Sunday evening a labor dispute that will apply to the entire public health system in Israel. The dispute was declared as a result of the non-allocation of standards required to meet the workload during the Corona period and due to the Finance Ministry's decision to impose on hospitals part of the funding of additional standards, which is expected to deepen existing deficits and require layoffs. Finance Minister Israel Katz and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein will hold a meeting tomorrow with representatives of the Medical Federation in order to regulate...

1,386 people infected with corona were identified on Friday. This is according to data from the Ministry of Health. This is a rate of about 7% of the total tests (about 20.7 thousand). So far, a total of 674 people have died in Israel since the outbreak of the plague. The hospitals hospitalize 387 patients in critical condition, of whom 116 are respirators. The death toll from the plague in Israel has risen by eight since midnight to 665, the Ministry of Health updates. 783 people are hospitalized: 375 in critical condition, including 108 respirators, and 158 in moderate condition. 931...