"Israel Today" first learned that the Ministry of Health permits particularly vital workers, usually those who do not have replacements or whose absence at the medical institution is endangering patients, to shorten the isolation period from 14 to 12 days • Conditions: Special approval, examination before Every shift and wearing a mask

First publication. The Ministry of Health allows essential workers in the health system to shorten their period of isolation. The guidance released today concerns only "essential health workers."

According to the guideline, the duration of the isolation of workers who are in domestic isolation can be reduced from 14 days to 12 days, unless they develop symptoms of infection with the corona virus, and on the day of isolation, the employee is taken a test that results in a negative.

The guidelines also define exceptional cases, in which the health system worker who is defined as "especially essential" will not have to stay in isolation at all. This is an "employee whose presence in the medical institution is essential and his absence may jeopardize the medical treatment given at that institution." Such an employee is an employee who does not have a replacement, and hospital administrators will need to request special approval from the Ministry of Health. Before each shift, the employee will be required to work a test, during which he will measure heat before entering the hospital and wear a mask.

Dr. Vered Ezra, head of the medical department at the Ministry of Health, stated the guideline "due to the health system's distress during the corona epidemic." Recent data this morning show that there are 3,618 health care workers in isolation, of whom 793 are doctors and doctors and 1,241 are siblings.