The placements remain the leading means of locating patients, and in recent months 47,000 people have been found with the help of the organization. • Minister Cohen: "Technological improvements have been made, most Israelis support the GSS 'activities against the Corona"
Several technological improvements have been made
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Oded Karni / Archive
Nearly half of those infected in the second wave were located using the GSS 'technological tool, the Ministry of Health reported.
According to data published this week, and updated to September 9, about 47,000 of the 111,000 Israelis diagnosed during the second wave were located through the systems of the General Security Service.
On Sunday, the Ministerial Committee on Intelligence, headed by Minister Eli Cohen, approved the extension of the use of GSS icons in 21 days. The
GSS 'mobile cell phones began operating in the first wave and returned to use to locate patients in early July.
However, a very large number of citizens complained that the notices of solitary confinement they received were inaccurate and challenged the determination.
The organization later admitted to the ministerial committee that several technological improvements had been made that reduced the number of isolated isolates per corona infection to 8 compared to 11 previously detected.
A weekly report submitted this week by the Ministry of Health to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee revealed that from the beginning of July until the end of last week, about 978,000 people were asked to go into solitary confinement; the Ministry of Intelligence did not respond.
The GSS 'location is the most effective tool that the State of Israel has in the fight against the corona plague.
The facts and figures speak for themselves, "explained Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen.
"During the last period, the GSS has been refining the system.
The public understands this well, and in a survey conducted by the Ministry of Intelligence, about two-thirds of the respondents answered that they trust the GSS and support its activities against the corona.
Eli Cohen.
The "most effective tool" Photography: Oren Ben Hakon