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In August, a budget deficit of about one billion shekels was measured, but the accumulated budget surplus in the last 12 months remained at 0.6% of GDP. Everything emerges from data published today (Thursday) by the Accountant General of the Ministry of Finance, CPA Yali Rotenberg. The cumulative surplus since the beginning of the year has dropped to the amount of NIS 34.4 billion - still unprecedented since the state has never had a situation where after eight months there is a surplus of funds in the state budget. What's more, the surplus is about 8% of the annual state budget

The Ministry of Health this evening released data showing that 14 days after receiving the second vaccine, the data are even higher than in Pfizer's initial study. Corona vaccines in Israel have been found to be very effective in preventing illness, with an emphasis on serious illness, hospitalization and mortality - this evening (Saturday) increased the effectiveness of the vaccines performed by the Department of Epidemiology in the Ministry of Health. According to the results of the test, which was conducted until the previous weekend, there is an efficiency of 95.8% in preventing all...

The Employment Service expects Israel to end 2020 with about half a million unemployed. The labor market will take many years to recover from the corona crisis and the phenomenon of prolonged unemployment is expected to expand. This was stated in a report published on Sunday by the Employment Service. The authors of the report warn of a number of dangers in the current government policy that includes only assisting the unemployed without encouraging their return to the labor market and states that the policy encourages the taking of unemployment benefits. The Employment Service estimates...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is promoting the abolition of most corona restrictions by early next month. Bennett sought to examine the issue of removing the restrictions added in the omicron wave in an initial consultation that had already taken place, in which it was decided that the removal of all restrictions should be gradually examined. In a discussion held by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday evening, a list of recommendations was formulated for changes in the guidelines that will be presented to Bennett tomorrow: cancel the corona test abroad before returning to Israel, and...

The Ministry of Health announced that for the first time seven cases of an Indian mutation of the Corona virus were identified in Israel among unvaccinated citizens who returned from abroad. The ministry said there was still no clear information regarding this variant and its implications for the vaccinated and recovering. The cases were identified using the National Genomic Flooring Array. In its announcement, the Ministry of Health emphasized the importance of isolating returnees from abroad to Israel, especially from countries where morbidity in Corona is severe. Prof. Galia Rahav,...

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett today (Sunday) instructed to increase enforcement of corona restrictions. In a conference he convened, the prime minister ordered the filing of criminal indictments against patients who violate isolation, the definition of events - with an emphasis on marriages - as a priority for enforcement and the regulation of legal approvals for the use of technological means to monitor isolates

The Israeli economy contracted by 1.7% in the first quarter of 2021, relative to the fourth quarter of 2020. The decline in GDP, according to a first estimate by the Central Bureau of Statistics, was mainly due to the consequences of the corona crisis - the sharp closure in January and February. On an annual basis, there was a decrease of 6.5% in GDP compared to the fourth quarter of 2020 The negative data for the quarter contradict the early forecasts of analysts, who believed that the Israeli economy would actually continue to recover after emerging from the corona crisis. For example,...

Data from the National Insurance Institute published on Wednesday show that about 277,000 are entitled to unemployment benefits for more than 100 days. A total of 1.08 million applications for unemployment benefits have been submitted since the beginning of the crisis, of which over 980,000 applications (92%) were approved, with 114,000 approved under the Corona conditions (qualification period 6-12 months). 85,000 of the applicants were not entitled under the terms of the law to receive unemployment benefits. About 634,000 people entitled to unemployment benefits are unemployed, while...

After lengthy discussions in the government, Naftali Bennett this evening (Sunday) approved the outline prepared by the Ministries of Health and Education for September 1. According to the outline, which still needs to get the corona cabinet approval and will only apply if there is no closure, classes will open as usual from kindergartens to twelfth grades, under six "layers" of protective actions, including serological tests starting later this week, speed tests to be provided to parents, tests Initiated in schools in orange and red localities, observance of the rules of the corona - and...

The rate of positive tests is lower than one percent in the last whole week. The number of verified daily has been lower than 500 for two weeks. The coefficient of infection also decreases. Still, most schoolchildren still study in capsules - so stay home most of the day. Data from the Ministry of Health published on Saturday evening show that the rate of positive tests has been lower than 1% for six days in a row. Yesterday the positive rate was 0.6%. A total of 221 Israelis were diagnosed positive for Corona yesterday (Friday), and another 48 have been diagnosed since midnight. A total...