The Ministry of Health has issued a new directive according to which the tests will be performed only in case of symptoms, contact with a verified patient and return from abroad • In addition, no recoverers from the virus will be tested
Load in the Korona compound in Safed
Photography:
David Cohen - Ginny
The Ministry of Health updated today (Thursday) the priority of allocating corona tests to the population.
Under the new directive, it will not be possible to access and perform a test without a referral.
Referral will be conditioned on symptoms, contact with a verified patient or return from abroad, except in exceptional cases defined in the document.
In addition, the ministry clarifies that from now on a person who is defined as recovering should not be tested, unless there is a clinical suspicion of recurrence of the virus, and after individual judgment.
Thus, a person who has recovered from corona and been exposed to a verified patient will not be tested for the virus unless he has developed symptoms of the disease.
Photo: Hadassah spokeswoman
So far, the tests have been given freely to anyone who wants to be tested.
In recent days, heavy loads have been recorded at corona testing complexes across the country.
A total of
644,664
tests
were performed in the last week
, with the peak being yesterday with more than 127,000 samples per day.
According to the updated document, any patient with at least one of the sharp symptoms of coronary heart disease such as fever 38 or older, cough, difficulty breathing, sore throat, change in taste or smell, muscle weakness and any other symptoms that appeared sharp, and raises suspicion of viral illness will be eligible for referral for examination .
Of course, corona inspections at the entrance to the Green Islands will be canceled due to the closure regulations that will take effect tonight at midnight.
Population surveys such as samples in nursing homes and nursing homes, teaching staff, surveys within the framework of the Fathers and Mothers Program, etc., will be conducted in accordance with the directives of the Ministry of Health.
