The Minister of Health has an emergency discussion with the management of his office, after the alarming data published • Yesterday, 8,308 people were diagnosed in Corona, the highest figure since the end of September
The struggle in Corona:
Health Minister Edelstein at a press briefing, after an emergency discussion with his ministry management following the alarming morbidity figures.
This morning (Tuesday) the Ministry of Health published the updated morbidity data related to the corona epidemic and it shows that yesterday 8,308 people were diagnosed with the virus out of 110,813 tests, with the percentage of positive tests standing at 7.6.
This is a jump of more than 3,000 infected a day, after the ministry updated yesterday that 5,205 people were diagnosed on Sunday.
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The last time such a high number of infections per day was verified was in the midst of the second wave, on September 30, when 9,065 patients were diagnosed per day.
It should also be noted that the number of infections verified yesterday made Monday one of the days with the highest number of diagnoses since the outbreak of the plague.
As of this morning, there are 55,312 active patients in the country and in the hospitals 1,361 people are hospitalized, of whom 764 are patients with a severely defined condition.
Since the outbreak of the plague, 3,445 people have died in Israel.
Deputy Health Minister MK Yoav Kish of the Likud was interviewed this morning by the "Here" network and commented on the significant increase in morbidity and the huge jump in the number of verified people per day.
Hospitals are dealing with congestion and the point in time is now.
The British mutation affects the numbers and must be stopped. "
At the same time, the ministry released the data of the "give a shoulder" vaccination and updated that as of yesterday almost 146 people had been vaccinated against the corona virus.
According to data published this morning, 145,684,000 people were vaccinated yesterday, with the number of Israelis receiving the first vaccine dose since the beginning of the operation standing at 1,370,000 vaccinated.
In the shadow of the success of the vaccination campaign in Israel, the American pharmaceutical company Modern confirmed tonight that "first shipments are expected to begin in January."
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein this morning referred to the success of the operation in the shadow of the rise in corona morbidity and wrote on Twitter: "About 1,370,000 Israelis received the first vaccine, almost 146,000 of them only yesterday. I remind: full vaccination is only a week after the second dose. Therefore, unfortunately, there is no escape from a full and fast locksmith. "
About 1,370,000 Israelis received the first dose of the vaccine,
almost 146,000 of them just yesterday.
I mention: a full vaccine is only a week after the second dose.
Meanwhile, the morbidity situation is skyrocketing.
So unfortunately there is no escape from a full and fast locksmith.
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- Yuli Edelstein Yuli Edelstein (@YuliEdelstein) January 5, 2021
As mentioned, the American pharmaceutical company Modern announced during the night between Monday and Tuesday that the Ministry of Health in Israel has approved its vaccine against the corona virus.
The company statement said that "Israel's Ministry of Health has promised six million doses and initial deliveries are expected to begin in January."
Because the company's vaccine requires two injections to be fully effective within four weeks, three million vaccines were actually promised.
This is a breakthrough in contacts with the pharmaceutical company in light of the assessment that the first shipment will not be launched until March.