Health

At the Alon headquarters in the Home Front Command, efforts are being expanded to curb the corona virus, in light of the recent outbreaks of the Delta strain across the country. "The increase in morbidity is abnormal compared to what we expected," says a senior official at the headquarters, "because it is not just in children." He stressed that the headquarters is conducting "aggressive operations", which include sending epidemiological investigations and sampling to each outbreak point, and even increasing the number of investigators by about 500. However, for now there is no intention to...

The Corona Cabinet approved on Sunday evening the traffic light layout of national projector Prof. Roni Gamzo. According to the outline, each locality will be subject to other restrictions, depending on the level of local morbidity. How do you determine which red city and which only yellow? How does the ranking affect businesses and cultural venues? And how the prayers will be held on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. As part of the traffic light program, each local authority will be given a score of 0-10 according to the formula that takes into account the following parameters: number...

Corona projector Prof. Roni Gamzo said that the morbidity rate in the red cities in Israel is among the highest in the world. According to Gamzo, "There are not many such cities in the world. I have to protect the residents. What we are doing is not pleasant for the residents but it is also protective. It is a means of reducing morbidity." Gamzo referred to the closure of the education system in the red authorities and said that "we know that all over the world it is difficult to open them with such a large morbidity rate. And in Israel the morbidity rate in green cities is also high. So...

A perishable personal device for identifying the corona of an Israeli entrepreneur last night received an emergency permit from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Visby Medical has announced that it has received approval for the company's personal and disposable PCR device, which is used for rapid detection of COVID-19 disease; The hand-sized device is capable of delivering extremely reliable results in less than 30 minutes. Visby was founded by Adam de la Zerda, who also serves as the company's CEO, a graduate of the Technion in Computer Engineering. It is reported that the first...

The Yom Kippur fast will be marked tonight (Sunday) in the shadow of the general closure imposed by the government in favor of preventing the spread of the corona virus. About 7,000 police officers will take part in the closure enforcement operation during Yom Kippur. Most enforcement in localities where a Jewish majority is expected to focus on city centers and local gatherings on intercity roads. At the same time, the police are expected to deploy roadblocks at entrances and exits from cities and towns. Apart from that, the essential services will be provided only in the cities of...

The number of tests performed on Yom Kippur was, as expected, very low, but the data when it came out are far from encouraging: on Monday evening, the number of corona patients with a severe condition rose to a record 772 patients, and the number of respirators peaked at 209 in total. 1,507 corona patients died from the outbreak, 562 of them (37% of all deaths) - in September alone. The rate of infections in corona tests has risen gradually in recent days and in the last two days has reached more than 14%. That means one in seven tests is positive. A Ynet survey shows that in four cities...

The Ministry of Finance, the Histadrut and the presidents of employers and businesses in Israel have reached agreements on how to pay for the days of isolation. According to the agreement, the isolation days have been reduced from the employee's sick days quota and the payment for the days will be as provided by law. The employee will bear the cost of the first two days and the state and employers will share the cost of the remaining days, so that at the end of the day the total cost will be divided between the employee, the state and the employer. In order to complete the agreement...

The Ministerial Committee approved the extension of the closure in the red authorities, the morbidity of which has not decreased enough to allow for the relief - but approved the opening of the education system until the age of 6, contrary to the experts' opinion. In a discussion held among the ministers on Friday afternoon, it was decided that despite the gradual withdrawal from the closure, the restrictions in Bnei Brak, Beitar Illit, Elad, Modi'in Illit, Rechasim and some neighborhoods in Jerusalem will remain until Wednesday, and Corona commissioner Prof Gamzo said he estimates some...

Within a few days, the entire public in Israel will be able to undergo corona tests without the need for a referral. In addition, each isolator will be able to perform two corona tests - one on the third day and the other on the tenth - and exit isolation after 12 days if they are negative. This was announced today (Tuesday) by the corona projector, Prof. Roni Gamzo, in a media briefing. Gamzo said that the actual tests are tens of thousands lower than the test capacity, which is 70,000 a day, and any test that is not performed is a miss, he said. In addition, he announced that Bnei Brak,...

650 new infections have been diagnosed since midnight, out of 24,046 tests. The percentage of positive tests is 2.7%. This was updated by the Ministry of Health. Seven more Krona patients have died since midnight, bringing the number of victims since the outbreak of the plague in Israel to 2,319. 1,012 corona patients are hospitalized in hospitals across the country: 582 in critical condition, including 226 respirators, and 163 in moderate condition. The number of medical staff staying in solitary confinement has dropped below 1,000 and stands at 985, including 130 male and female doctors...