Leaving the house up to a distance of a thousand meters • 5th-10th graders will learn from home • The Green Islands will be closed • From Sunday at 17:00: Israel will be locked again • Questions and answers
Is it allowed to leave the house to get vaccinated for corona during quarantine?
It is allowed to go out for several purposes, including urgent medical treatment or pre-determined treatment, and it is also allowed to go out to get a vaccine for corona, and it is possible to continue to make appointments to receive the vaccines.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, earlier this week: "There is no sign that the vaccine we have does not overcome the corona mutation from Britain" // Photo: GPO
Is it permissible to provide assistance to an elderly or disabled person during the days of quarantine?
Yes.
One of the reasons why it is allowed to leave the house for a distance of more than 1,000 meters is "assistance to a person in distress".
Is it possible to visit friends or family members during quarantine?
During quarantine, it is forbidden to stay in another person's home, except to assist another.
How far can you go from home?
It is allowed to leave the house for a distance of one kilometer, except for travel to work, essential shopping, school or kindergarten, for the purpose of helping others, for transferring a child between divorced parents and other defined exceptional goals.
Is exercise allowed in groups or individually?
Individual sports activities are allowed, with no limit on the distance from the house, provided that the place of activity is reached on foot (it is not possible to travel to the beach to do a walk there).
ילוWhich age groups will continue to study as usual?
The early childhood education system, kindergartens and grades 1-4 (including after-school programs), as well as 11-12, will also hold a full school day during the closure, in a format that has been practiced under the restrictions until now.
Grades 3 and 4 and high schools will be taught in capsules, and the entire education system is required to wear a mask in grades.
Who will learn from home?
5th-10th graders, including middle school students
(7th-9th), return to study exclusively from home in online learning.
Are private dormitories also obligated to follow these guidelines?
Yes.
Guidelines for the education system require both day care centers and private kindergartens.
Is it possible to travel by public transport in Seger?
Yes.
All public transportation operates.
However, there may be changes and reductions in some lines that are not activated to work areas.
In any case, bus occupancy will drop to 50% of capacity, instead of 75% today.
It has not yet been decided whether the transport will be activated on Friday and Saturday.
Does the train work?
Yes.
In the same layout of vouchers and travel bookings.
However, the capacity of the number of passengers will be reduced to 50%.
What will happen to the vacations that have already been booked?
All the hotel chains we spoke to stated that they would refund all their money to their customers, with no fines or cancellation fees.
For overseas hotels - refunds depend on booking conditions.
Will we get a refund for canceled flights?
If a flight is canceled, which is likely to happen on most flights, especially to countries that were green - all money will be refunded to customers. Most airlines offer flexible and considerate solutions.
Are returnees only required to stay in a hotel?
Yes, all returnees to Israel, from all countries of the world, are committed to isolation in a motel for the next two weeks.
However, in exceptional humanitarian cases, including children traveling alone, the elderly, the sick and parents of young children - it will be possible to apply for the isolation at home.
The decision is not automatic and requires approval from the Ministry of Health.
Will the green islands in Eilat and the Dead Sea continue to operate?
No.
The Green Islands will be abolished during the closure period.
Tourism Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen said that the islands are expected to open automatically upon closure.
Which stores will be open during the closure?
Stores of essential products will be open, such as food chains, pharma chains, communications and optics.
There will be no takeaway services in restaurants, only deliveries.
What about jobs?
A workplace that receives an audience will not be able to work.
A workplace without an audience will be able to operate at a rate of 50% of what is currently allowed.
"Non-public jobs, such as high-tech, defense industries and factories, including online procurement and shipping services, which have a very high contribution to the economy and are clearly non-contagious, must remain open even in a tight closure," said Finance Minister Israel Katz.
Is it possible to run jobs without receiving an audience?
Yes.
I am a member of the Christian community - can I celebrate Christmas?
Yes.
Despite the tight closure, given the fact that the Christian world celebrates Christmas and the end of the civil year at the end of the month, the government has taken this point into account and allowed a few exceptions limited to a few days.
Three exceptions were granted to the three different Christian communities in the country.
From yesterday at 17:00 until today at 20:00 prayer will be allowed for the Catholic community of up to 100 people in an open area.
In churches and enclosed spaces, up to ten people will be allowed to enter each opening in the building with several entrances, and here too there is a limit of up to ten groups.
This relief will also apply on the Greek Orthodox Rosh Hashanah on January 7-6, and on the Rosh Hashanah of the Armenian Church on January 19-18.
Participated in the preparation of the article: Meital Yasur Beit-Or, Shlomi Diaz, Shimon Yaish, Noam (Devol) Dvir, Hayali Yaakovi-Handelsman