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Data released by the Ministry of Health shows that yesterday 1,430 people were diagnosed as positive for Corona. Of the approximately 87,000 corona tests conducted yesterday - 1.66% were interpreted as positive. From midnight on Friday until the end of Shabbat, another 670 Corona carriers were diagnosed in Israel. Over the weekend there was an increase in the number of critically ill patients, and it now stands at 89, of which 18 are connected to respirators. Prof. Eran Segal, component of the Weizmann Institute's corona prediction model, who revealed some of the morbidity data as early as...

The unemployment rate in Israel is still very low, but at the same time, the volume of layoffs in high-tech is beginning to affect the numbers of high-tech workers looking for work. According to data released today (Monday) by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), there has been a slight decline in the unemployment rate in the past month, from 3.5% in May to 3.4% in June, which is 146.5 thousand unemployed - a very low figure in Israel. In May there were 150.6 thousand unemployed, which is 3.5% by international definition. At the same time, the employment service today released new data...

Since the beginning of June, the infection rate in Israel has risen gradually and as of 9.6 was 1.53, which indicates the spread of an epidemic, according to data from the Ministry of Health. It should be noted that the coefficient of infection is calculated in the last 10 days reflecting the period of time taken as a safety factor between the infection and the result. In recent days we have witnessed new outbreaks in various places in Israel. Last week, 11 sixth-grade students at Asif Elementary School in Modi'in became infected when 90 students went into isolation. Also, 45 students...

Green lable regulations confuse the public. The courts have recently ruled that the requirement to fulfill the obligations of the green lable: that is, to be vaccinated or provide a negative test result, to enter the workplace is a reasonable requirement. However, despite the clear position of the courts and also of the legal advice to the government businesses that operated then according to the green lable interpreted the regulations each in a different way. Some explicitly stated that not all of their employees were vaccinated, and others made it clear that only vaccinated workers or...

The team of experts in the treatment of epidemics in the Ministry of Health has recommended a fourth vaccine against Corona for adults over the age of 60 and for medical staff. The recommendation is subject to the approval of the Director-General of the Ministry of Health and at this stage, it appears that the fourth vaccine will be possible, but probably not necessarily recommended. The Corona Virus Information Center said: "Epidemic treatment team members recommend giving a fourth dose to people aged 60 and over and immunocompromised, provided four months have passed from the third dose;...

The price of electricity will increase this Monday at a rate of 8.6%, one percent less than the original decision of the Electricity Authority. This means that the price of electricity will increase on average for a family in two months by about 86 shekels, which is 43 shekels per month and more than 500 shekels per year. The Electricity Authority announced the final price on Wednesday evening after holding an oral hearing procedure for the main parties who challenged the decision to raise the price of electricity at such a high rate, led by the Association of Manufacturers, whose leaders...

After the recovery from the corona crisis, which led to sharp growth in the Israeli economy, the data published indicate a contraction of 1.6% in GDP in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, in annual terms (ie, the result would be . The decline is in contrast to some of the preliminary estimates, which predicted a 2% increase in GDP in the first quarter. The decline in GDP may affect a series of policy decisions that are due to be made soon. The closest decision is that of the Bank of Israel's Monetary Committee next Monday regarding the interest rate in the...

If you were hoping to find a green country to spend your holidays in, you may want to make an alternative plan - and this time not because of the Corona restrictions: the Histadrut recently declared a labor dispute in the aviation industry, amid a severe employment crisis. According to the Histadrut, the airlines, which have already laid off thousands of workers and laid off many workers, are now seeking further mass layoffs, and as a result the conflict has been declared. The conflict is relevant to El Al employees, Arkia employees, Israir pilots, and employees of the Airports Authority....