Proposal: Green label in stores in malls and shopping centers will be eliminated

A proposal that will go up for a vote on Sunday in front of the ministers effectively eliminates the green label in malls, street stores, and shopping centers - and will introduce a strict purple label that includes occupancy restriction depending on the store area (excluding food and pharma stores).
According to the proposal, stores with an area larger than 100 square meters will be able to admit customers according to a key of 15 square meters per person, and stores smaller than that - 7 square meters per customer or four customers for the entire store, whichever is higher.
In addition, the new proposal will allow mall owners to fence food complexes and allow entry to them only to those who present a green sign - similar to what was done at the Azrieli Mall in Tel Aviv. In addition, the malls will be required to exchange air at least three times an hour, and assign ushers on their behalf whose job it is to inform passers-by about a mask duty.
In recent days, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has instructed senior Ministry of Health officials to prepare for a stringent scenario of 4,000 corona patients in critical condition, even though experts estimate it is between 2,500-1,000 severely ill at its peak. At the same time, the health system will work to reduce the number of patients severely by two means - expanding the use of Pfizer's anti-corona drug that arrived in the country last week, and providing vaccination to people aged 60 and over.
Bennett also ordered the expansion of the use of antigen testing in strategic locations such as hospitals, police, institutions and government centers. The Prime Minister further instructed to examine a reduction in work in government ministries and the removal of more workers to work from home, as well as an examination of further easing of the isolation outline for parents whose children are verified. The number of days of isolation for the vaccinated may be shortened.
During the hearing, it was clarified that the antigen tests conducted by the authorities (institutional tests) are "absolutely effective" in detecting the omicron, starting from the second day of infection. The concern is that verified people will not perform private antigen tests as required, and will infect others. A source close to the details told Ynet that the decrease in the number of verified in the current wave will be "much faster", just as the increase in the number of verified is much faster.
It is estimated that the wave will last about two months, so we will start to see a decrease in the number of verified within a few weeks. Experts estimate that the average number of days of hospitalization for those infected with Omicron is about four to five days, compared with an average of nine days of hospitalization for those infected with the Delta strain