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Intelligence Division: "An alarming increase in infection due to the mutation is expected - especially among young people" | Israel today

2021-01-03T07:55:47.332Z


| health The Intelligence Division report paints a grim picture of what is happening in the UK: "Health systems on the verge of collapse, patients receive treatment in vans" control" Battle against the clock and the mutation: A report by the Intelligence Division published this morning (Sunday) warns that if no immediate action is taken - Israel may lose control of the disease in the Corona, due to the sp


The Intelligence Division report paints a grim picture of what is happening in the UK: "Health systems on the verge of collapse, patients receive treatment in vans" control"

Battle against the clock and the mutation:

A report by the Intelligence Division published this morning (Sunday) warns that if no immediate action is taken - Israel may lose control of the disease in the Corona, due to the spread of the British mutation in Israel. The Ministry of Health estimates that the British mutation is already present in dozens of Israelis and is linked to an increase in morbidity in the ultra-Orthodox sector as well as in the education system, and a faster spread of the virus in Israel.

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"Health systems in the UK are on the verge of collapse, and mortality from corona in the kingdom has risen sharply due to the spread of the mutation," the intelligence department warned.

"Its identification in Israel requires increasing the vaccination campaign and imposing additional restrictions to prevent the widespread spread of the epidemic - before we lose control of morbidity levels."

According to estimates in the UK, the new mutation is 1.56 times more contagious than regular corona strains.

"The number of patients in the UK is rising rapidly, and has now reached even higher than it was in the first wave of morbidity, with more than 22,000 hospitalized," the intelligence department warns.

"In light of the pressure on hospitals in the country, many patients are being treated while in the ambulances, and some are staying in vans at the entrance to the emergency room until a hospital bed becomes available for them."

Over the weekend it was reported that 18 tests were identified with the mutation out of 94 samples that underwent genetic sequencing.

900 laboratory tests have so far been taken for genetic flooring and more results are expected today.

The cases identified are two returnees from abroad who stayed in hotels for the purpose of isolation, and the rest were identified from samples taken in Israel from the localities: Givat Zeev, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh, Beitar Illit, Modi'in Illit, Ramat Gan, Tiberias, Lakia and Kuseife. 

The Ministry of Health stated that these cases are clear, but it is estimated that the mutation is already transmitted in Israel in the community and not only in returnees from abroad. A total of 23 people with the mutation have been discovered so far and six of them have returned from abroad for sure.

We also publish for the first time that in the genetic sequencing done on samples taken in October and November the mutation was not found.

A finding that strengthens the assessment that she was not in Israel before December.

"In our estimation, the mutation is found in dozens of people and not just in these 26. It is known that the mutation is contagious by 70-55 percent more. Health.It added that "this epidemic in a mad outbreak.

The English variant will infect more and more quickly, and we are in fact in a race against vaccines in competition between us for the virus - we will lose if we do not make significant restrictions.

We must not get into this catastrophe. "

The Ministry of Health's tests focus on returnees from abroad, the ultra-Orthodox population and tests on more sensitive technology, in which a mutation is suspected. "The mutation can explain at least some of the morbidity that arises in the country, probably in the ultra-Orthodox sector.

We test not only among returnees from abroad but in several populations. In the first phase we focused on samples from the ultra-Orthodox sector, because of the very large increase in morbidity there. "We suspect that there is something else there. We also found it in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods of Jerusalem," says Dr. Elrai Price.

Source: israelhayom

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