The Ministry of Health will discuss the possibility of revoking the exemption due to the fear that recovering and vaccinated people carry the virus in their bodies - and that they may infect others without getting sick themselves.
The Ministry of Health is expected to hold a discussion in the coming days in which it will be decided whether to cancel the exemption from isolation for vaccinated and recovering people from the corona virus, as revealed this evening (Saturday) by Yoav Even in News 12.
HMOs began vaccinating pregnant women aged 35 and over, last week // Photo: Shmuel Buharis and Moshe Ben Simhon
According to the report, the decision may be made because corona morbidity data are not declining as quickly as expected and due to hospital congestion.
Today, Israelis who have been vaccinated or infected with the virus and have recovered from it are entitled to exemption from isolation if they have been exposed to a verified patient or returned to Israel from abroad, because they are not supposed to be infected with the virus and develop the disease.
However, the fear that someone who has been vaccinated or recovered from corona may carry the virus in his body and even infect others, without getting sick himself, is what led to the decision of the Ministry of Health to discuss the issue.
Earlier this week, the Association of Public Health Physicians presented a similar stance in a constitutional committee discussion on the green queue that a permit granted to vaccinated people would not grant an exemption from a pen or antigen test before entering a multi-participant event or flight, as long as there is no evidence that vaccinated can be covertly infected. others.
"Recovery" approval will be given only after a serological test is performed for the level of antibodies in the recovering body.
In such a case, the recovering person will be able to enter the events and return to Israel from abroad without the need for a pen examination.