36,835 people have been diagnosed positive for Corona - Coefficient of infection declined to 0.68

36,835 people have been diagnosed positive for Corona in the past day, the Ministry of Health announced today (Thursday). This is a decrease of about a thousand verified per day. There has also been a decline in the number of serious patients whose number stands this morning at 1,123. The coefficient of infection also continues in the declining trend, standing at 0.68 as the rate of positive tests stands at a quarter of them. 144 people were added to the death toll in the plague.
The director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, said in an interview with Radio 103FM that there is no doubt that the burden on hospitals following the corona has prices. I hope now it looks a little relieved, "he said." Everyone who dies it hurts, but one has to remember the other side of the equation and it hurts a lot of people when you close the economy and create constraints. "
Regarding the new variant BA2 said that it is still in a few percent with us. "In the meantime, there are no signs that it is spreading. New variants are constantly emerging. One of the important things we do is to prepare, monitor their development and assess their danger. I hope no variants will arise that will bother us."
On the green mark he said that it is less effective at this time, "and we have always said and I also say now - we did not look at it as a tool to encourage immunization, but as a tool to prevent disease." According to Ash, in about two weeks tens of thousands of vaccines will be thrown in the trash due to their validity, "and this is the opportunity to call on people to come and get vaccinated. The vaccine is also effective in preventing disease and certainly in preventing serious illness."