Among the applicants are also champions who were placed in isolation • Following referrals: The CEO ordered to formulate clear procedures for relief • "The case with Sagi should not be repeated again"

• Senior IDF officials have been refused

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  Tal Cohen

Senior officers in the IDF, including known, as well as champions, who went into isolation following contact with a Corona patient have recently approached the Ministry of Health with questions and requests for relief under the isolation conditions.

As far as is known, the champions and senior turners responded negatively. The new Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy, instructed on Sunday to formulate new and clear procedures for providing relief from isolation only in exceptional cases, as taken from billionaire Teddy Sagi, who received relief directly from Deputy Director General Itamar Grotto.

Reminder - Professor Grotto: "There will be no competitive sport in the country in the coming half year" // Photo: Knesset Channel

Currently, there are 69 corona patients diagnosed in the IDF, and 3,710 servants who are in solitary confinement. Three servants who are in solitary confinement also came in contact with Corona patient and other senior officers. In easy mode. Of these, 235 recovered or were discharged from service. As of Monday, there are 78 IDF patients. 

Earlier this week, Professor Grotto received a note from the Director General of the Ministry of Health following the Teddy Sagi affair and the way he handled granting exemptions for isolation for the billionaire. However, the firm's CEO accepted Grotto's apology, saying he would not take further steps against him.

In a letter Prof. Levy sent to Professor Grotto, he noted that "your treatment was wrong. An exceptional request of this kind should be carefully considered, especially at a time when the Ministry of Health is making great efforts to assimilate the message of respecting the special rules for Corona days." The incoming CEO pointed out to Grotto: "I would like things to not change."

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The affidavit of the exemption from isolation for Teddy Sagi revealed that many senior executives came daily, with requests for various relief, and even the Wetsap Group was formed. In his letter, Prof. Levy points out: "I recognized that there was a need for clear procedures for handling the office in exceptional cases requiring the exercise of discretion.

The IDF said in response: "The Health Ministry's essential work procedure allows the return of a critical role from isolation in three essential conditions: 12 days have elapsed since exposure to a verified patient, with no morbidity symptoms and a negative corona test. The three champions met these conditions and ended their period of isolation. Use of this procedure is carried out sparingly and only in necessary cases. Does not sell an application to the Ministry of Health. "