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The morbidity of the "Omicron" strain in Israel has remained unchanged for the time being: two verified patients. The Corona virus information headquarters reports that it is suspected that seventeen people have been exposed to the virus - fourteen of them are unprotected. Their samples were sent for flooring tests. Our correspondent Nov Reuben notes that the group of those who are not protected includes those who have not been vaccinated, recover that half a year has passed since their recovery and are vaccinated in the second dose who did not receive an impulse shot after six months....

Exactly 11 months after former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the first Israeli to be vaccinated against Corona, his successor, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, announced that the children's vaccines will be launched next Tuesday and that 5 to 11 year olds will be able to defend themselves against Corona with Pfizer's vaccine dose. In his weekly post, Bennett wrote about children's vaccines: "I know there is a certain sensitivity around this matter. There are a lot of people who are afraid to vaccinate children, and they are not necessarily 'vaccine opponents' or those who buy...

Bank Leumi's net profit amounted to NIS 6 billion in 2021, a record profit for the bank, the highest in the sector and almost three times the net profit in 2020, which stood at NIS 2.1 billion (an increase of 285%). The profit reflected a return on equity of 15%, compared to a return on equity of 5.7% in 2020. At the end of the fourth quarter, Leumi earned NIS 1.5 billion, an increase of 67% compared to NIS 900 million in the corresponding quarter. Leumi's annual profit line is higher than NIS 1 billion than that of its major competitor, Bank Hapoalim, which reported an annual profit of...

Pfizer has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for emergency use the drug it developed for Corona. Upon receipt of the approval, the new drug will be available to tens of millions of Americans, vaccinated and unvaccinated, if infected with the virus. The FDA approved the administration of the drug subject to obtaining a doctor's prescription for diagnosed patients, as long as no more than five days had elapsed from the onset of the first symptoms. According to Pfizer, when the pill was given within three days of the onset of symptoms, the risk of...

In the shadow of the decline in morbidity and after a month without discussions, the Corona Cabinet convened on Sunday. The Ministerial Committee has decided that starting this coming Tuesday businesses will be required to scan the new green label by reading a barcode. Libraries and museums will meanwhile be excluded so that organic classes in capsule layout can come through their gates without corona testing. However, it was decided that enforcement of the new green label would only begin on Thursday. During the discussion, the professionals presented to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet...

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 tightened closure will last longer than planned: On Tuesday evening, the government approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to extend the tightened closure by 10 days. Thus, the severe restrictions that were supposed to expire after two weeks this coming Thursday - will last until Sunday 31 January at midnight. At the same time, it was decided that a negative corona test would apply 72 hours before departure from abroad to Israel. The tight closure was supposed to end on Thursday this week, but the morbidity data led to its extension. , Yesterday a record of more than...

The warnings of the Corona Cabinet, the Ministry of Health and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett against a fourth closure, perhaps during the Tishrei holidays, lead to an attack by senior health officials who warn: A closure is not a solution. This move, they say, has failed in the past, and will fail this time as well. The Ministry of Health and its senior officials, they claim, do not take into account all the considerations, and manage the crisis through a particularly narrow prism. In the Corona Cabinet yesterday, the experts who attended the meeting said that in order to avoid reaching...

The military censorship allowed the publication that the video published by an Iranian hacker group called "Moses Staff", which contained additional documentation of the attack in Jerusalem, was taken from the cameras of a large security body. It is not impossible that the group stopped the activity of the cameras in order to prevent the possibility of tracing the perpetrators. However, without intending to, the distribution of the videos may indirectly help the Shin Bet and the police, in an attempt to locate the suspects, using security cameras in the more distant environment in the area...

Daylight saving time will end on Sunday morning. Tomorrow Saturday night we will be enjoying for the last time daylight saving time until March next year. The savings for the Israeli economy from operating daylight saving time, which ends tomorrow night, between Saturday and Sunday at two in the morning, are estimated at more than NIS 400 million. If these figures are correct it would be possible to enjoy them all year round. There is room for daylight saving time all year round even in winter. In the summer days from the end of May to the end of October it was possible to move the hands...