In an interview with Israel Today, Professor Hezi Levy expresses anger at the mass gatherings in Tel Aviv: "It hurts me personally, people have sacrificed so much to get out of quarantine, we run like crazy to get vaccinated - these pictures are just outrageous" • "We may not be able to celebrate On Passover as we want "
The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy, was interviewed today (Saturday) by "Israel Today", and commented on photos celebrating at parties over the weekend: "These things are very, very difficult to watch.
To me personally they are painful.
We run like crazy to vaccinate people, and to see such sights is outrageous. "
The celebs' Purim party
In the coming days, a ministerial meeting will be held at which it will be decided on the continuation of the relief, which is expected to take effect next Sunday (7.3), and the Ministry of Health will monitor the morbidity data to formulate the continuation of the exit.
Among the options being considered: stopping the planned facilitations (in whole or in part), such as the possibility that students will return to study but restaurants and cafes will not open as planned.
"We really want to open the middle schools and bring the students back to the schools, and we intend in an orderly and careful manner to make the next beat," says Prof. Levy.
He said, "The infection rate has already reached 0.97, and if we see the effect of the celebrations within a few days, it will increase. It may keep us away from the next pulse of relief, and the possibility of celebrating Passover that we so want. The vaccination rate in young people does not exceed 50%. "It is clear to us that there is a high rate of unvaccinated people among the celebrants and it seems that they do not pay attention to masks. Anyone who looks at these parties can understand that we will have difficulty going for another beat and relief with high morbidity."
Prof. Levy referred to the fact that the restrictions imposed on parties at night, failed to prevent the parties during the day.
"We were not surprised and prepared for such a scenario. We feared that if parties were prevented at night it might be during the day, but the way it was done is very difficult. People sacrificed so much to get out of quarantine. Students did not learn and trade was closed. People sacrificed, That could take away from us what we so desperately want. "