Prof. Hezi Levy at a public briefing: "Unless there is a catastrophe - students will be returning to school this coming Tuesday" • "We are negotiating with several companies, I am optimistic that during 2021 there will be a vaccine for residents" • Regarding winter preparations: " We do not yet see the flu "
"I do not know if there will be a closure on Hanukkah, but we identify an increase in morbidity and it may lead to new restrictions":
Ministry of Health Director General Prof. Hezi Levy holds a special briefing today (Thursday). The press conference was held against the corona cabinet's approval In Eilat and the Dead Sea, to increase the number of shoppers in stores around the country and to open zoos.
"Today, 780 verified patients were identified out of about 50,000 tests. There is a slight increase in morbidity, although there is a total stability at lower ages. The R is now around 1.08, a higher value than the target we set to move forward in the relief outline. There is a plateau in the number of difficult patients, without sharp rises or falls, "Prof. Levy noted.
"We are facing the opening of fifth-sixth grades according to the cabinet's decision," he said.
"Education is a top value and a priority. Therefore, we take risks so that the children of Israel go to schools in a gradual manner. Hybrid learning and a number of meetings in capsules. We will clean up the Cabinet decision that next Tuesday will begin fifth- and sixth-grade studies. God forbid there will be a catastrophe. "
Prof. Levy called on teachers of students of this age group to be tested.
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Regarding the opening of the store: "Big centers opened this week, queues accumulated there. Last night, happiness was approved and a law was passed to increase the number of buyers to 10 visitors - one visitor per 7 square meters.
In small stores, the maximum occupancy will be four people at any given moment. "
Regarding winter preparations: "There are about a million vaccinated with a high percentage of people aged 65-60 and a high percentage of vaccinated in medical teams. There are three million vaccines in the country and we will continue. By the end of the month, about 4.3 million vaccines will be accumulated. "Not even among the elderly population. We do not see upper respiratory disease other than corona, but only among children in kindergarten and daycare."