The new commissioner, who took office at the beginning of the month, is expected to comment on the rising morbidity data and the opening of the education system and the malls pilot that will begin tomorrow.
Corona Superintendent Professor Nachman Ash, who took office earlier this month, is currently holding a media briefing, the first since taking office.
Corona Supervisor Prof. Nachman Ash // Photo: Gil Kramer
Ash is expected to address the easing of battles in quarantine policy, the education system and trade.
Among other things, next week, fifth- and sixth-grade students and middle schools are expected to return to school in the green and orange cities, and starting this Friday, 15 malls across the country are expected to open as part of the malls pilot.
Yesterday, the director general of the Ministry of Health, Hezi Levy, also gave a briefing, detailing the schedule for the arrival of vaccines in Israel.
"Currently there are 15 red authorities and more orange authorities. This thing serves the restrictions according to the traffic light system that will start next week," Levy said, but clarified that the infection coefficient (R), which stands at 1.06, is higher than planned at this stage of the removal of restrictions.
"I can not speak by dates," Levy explained, "on Hanukkah there will certainly not be an initiated closure. We will monitor the morbidity and the consequences of any restriction. Whether it is in the area of trade and shopping, whether social, cultural or leisure activities. And will put us in a gallop, we will have to consider placing restrictions. "
"We will come, explain and speak to the hearts of the people"
Levy also commented on the possible opposition of sections of the population to receiving vaccines, and clarified that there is no legal ability to force people to get vaccinated, and the state will work to persuade the population to get vaccinated.
"We will not oblige," Levy clarified, "we will come, explain and speak to the hearts of the people to prevent disease and infection and return the wheels of the economy to solid activity.
"There are voices warning against the vaccine I must oppose it. The vaccine that comes will be a safe vaccine I hope. It must not cause complacency. We must maintain proper behavior to prevent infection," thus joining similar remarks made by Health Minister Yuli Edelstein earlier today.