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2020-10-08T14:14:50.765Z


In a joint statement issued by the director general of the Ministry of Health and Dr. Elrai Price, she said that the current morbidity data are not sufficient to release the restrictions. Prof. Levy commented on the publication of data from the National Serological Survey to assess the presence of antibodies to the virus, and said: "Herd vaccination involves a lot of mortality, this is not the way"


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Head of Public Health Services: Morbidity must be further reduced to free the economy

In a joint statement issued by the director general of the Ministry of Health and Dr. Elrai Price, she said that the current morbidity data are not sufficient to release the restrictions.

Prof. Levy commented on the publication of data from the National Serological Survey to assess the presence of antibodies to the virus, and said: "Herd vaccination involves a lot of mortality, this is not the way"

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Maya Horodnitsano

Thursday, 08 October 2020, 15:58 Updated: 17:11

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Live broadcast from the statement of the Director General of the Ministry of Health (Photo: GPO)

Health Ministry director general Hezi Levy delivered today (Thursday) a statement to the media in which he warned the dimensions of morbidity during hibernate. He elaborated on morbidity data recently and said: "All this while we are at the mouth of the winter, which can also lead to comorbidities."



Levi said the statements survey data The National Serological Survey assesses the presence of anti-virus in the population, and said:


"We found that the data are very high among the ultra-Orthodox population.

This does not surprise us, we are asked is it right to adopt the method of herd immunity?

Our answer is no and no.

Herd immunity involves a great deal of morbidity and mortality that we cannot afford.

Therefore, it is important that we all adhere to a mask, distance, prevention of congestion and hygiene.

That is the way to deal with the disease. "



According to the serological survey, about 5.5% of the general population has developed antibodies to the virus, which according to the Ministry of Health does not indicate a "herd immunity" phenomenon that develops as the number of patients increases.

The survey, conducted under the direction of Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, examined a representative sample of 55,000 participants by age, gender and sector.

Thus, the ministry, in collaboration with the four HMOs, took samples from those participants nationwide from different localities, and even classified them according to additional characteristics such as district, nationality, religion and more.

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Health Ministry Director General Hezi Levy, today

According to the survey, the rate of antibodies present in the sample population is 3.8% - that is, 5.5% after comparing variables to their rate in the general population in Israel.

In men, the presence rate was higher than in women (4.9% compared to 3.1%).

Children in the 18–10 age group presented the highest attendance rate (8.1%).



The publication of the survey data comes with the presentation of the disease data, about three weeks since the closure began.

The Ministry of Health has updated that 4,117 people have been diagnosed in Corona in the past day, as part of the downward trend that has continued over the past three days.

This increased the number of infected patients in Israel to 282,872.

Yesterday, results were obtained for 45,317 tests, with the positive rate for the virus being 9.1% and joining the decline in the last four days.

The test data and their results are not final and may change in subsequent updates from the Ministry of Health.

Head of Public Health Services, Dr. Sharon Elrai Price.

Today

The number of active patients in Israel has risen to 61,049, of whom about 1,576 are hospitalized, of whom 236 are respirators and 847 are seriously ill.

To date, 1,824 people have died from the corona virus in Israel.

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