The Ministry of Defense issued a tender for the establishment of laboratories for corona testing in the north - but excluded the Golan and the Upper Galilee

• Corona testing laboratory in Israel // Photo: Yossi Zeliger

Among residents in the Golan Heights and the Upper Galilee, the Ministry of Defense decided to limit a tender for the establishment of Corona Laboratories in the periphery, to the geographical triangle between Hadera, Afula and Haifa.

This, in view of the fact that within the Katzrin local council there has been a GGA laboratory for genetic research for 11 years, and its geographical exception does not seem to allow it to cope with the national effort to eradicate the virus. As part of an early preparation for the Corona tests, the laboratory has already ordered equipment that will allow it to perform 10,000 tests a day in three shifts a day.

The Ministry of Defense responded: "The location of the laboratories in the tender was determined, according to the needs of the Ministry of Health, at specific population concentrations." The Ministry of Health said: "The Ministry of Health is constantly prioritizing the periphery. Here, the issue is not operationally correct."