In light of the sharp increase in the number of people infected in recent days, the minister convened a special press conference on the examination policy.

Immediately live: Health Minister Yuli Edelstein refers to an increase in the number of corona infections in Israel. At this hour (Sunday), a media briefing was convened by the Minister, attended by outgoing Director of Health Ministry Moshe Bar Siman Tov, Head of Public Health Prof. Sigal Sadecki and Deputy Director General of the Ministry Prof. Itamar Grotto.

Photo: Ami Shamir

At the government's meeting this morning, the minister said: "The results of yesterday's tests showed a five-fold increase in the positive results - from half a percent to 2.5 percent of positive results - 28 positive results out of 1,012 tests performed. The Ministry of Health is capable of conducting up to 15,000 tests a day. Israel - If you think you are sick or have symptoms, or you think you were near a sick person - go check it out. "

The minister also said at the meeting: "Each and every citizen does not have to know all the rules, enough to know these guidelines - wearing a mask, keeping distance and hygiene. It is not difficult to understand. Or we will all be fine or we will be in closure, and much faster than we think."

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Minister Edelstein was absent this weekend from the two briefings in light of the fear of the second wave - on Friday at 6 pm, close to the Sabbath, and on Saturday night, attended by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Education and Finance Ministers Yoav Galant and Israel Katz respectively.

Edelstein's report said: "To a journalist's question, the Minister of Health regularly instructed during the holiday and returned his office staff to care for the increase in the number of patients in Corona. He also participated in all consultations with the prime minister, despite being a Sabbath keeper. .

Regarding questions as to why he did not attend the PM's press conference last night and other ministers were told by the Health Minister's office: "The Minister of Health saw great importance in updating Israeli citizens immediately on the Sabbath and therefore preferred not to delay the press conference until his arrival."

Wave of infections in Jerusalem

Against the backdrop of the second wave of corona in Israel, following the chain of infestations at the Hebrew Gymnasium in Jerusalem, 1,400 students and teachers entered the educational institution, starting today until June 9.

Corona tests at Hadassah Hospital for high school students in Jerusalem // Photo: Hadassah spokesmen

In addition, last night, 180 students and 15 staff from Hartman High School were sent to isolate. After it was discovered that one of the teachers in the Hebrew Gymnasium was teaching there, a student and a high school teacher who had the virus were reported this morning. The school was temporarily closed and moved to distance learning. The traditional school in the capital also reported an eighth-grader infected with the virus, and a blue 11th-grade student in Corona was diagnosed with the art school.

"Crisis management will be examined"

Earlier today, State Comptroller Mathew Engelman announced to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the relevant ministers that his office had been openly criticized for dealing with the Corona crisis. For the past two months, the audit teams have been working to gather information, study the issues and hold meetings with the professionals in the various government offices. At the same time, the Comptroller's Office examined how the audit was conducted in other countries in Europe and the United States.

In his letter to the Prime Minister, the auditor said that the audit will examine the interactions and working interfaces between the emergency agencies in the management of the Corona crisis, and will focus on the work of the National Security Administration (MLA) vis-à-vis the various bodies in crisis management.