The Ministry of Health has extended the possibility of being checked before arriving at hotels or events to 72 hours • David, who went on holiday in Eilat:
Royal Beach Hotel in Eilat
Photo:
Yehuda ben Itach
The layout of the tests for children before arriving at the hotel caused problems in the Ministry of Health, which expanded the possibility of being checked before arriving at hotels or events for a period of 72 hours before arriving instead of 48 hours, due to Passover and the election.
This is an outline designed for children up to the age of 16 who come with their parents on vacation.
"We went to Eilat on Sunday morning with the children. We did tests on Friday, because the instruction was to be checked 48 hours earlier, but in the end what happened was that Sunday morning arrived and there are no answers," says David, a father of five who went on vacation in Eilat with the family.
"We did not know what to do. We were already thinking of canceling the hotel. At the end we said we would go and see if it came during the day. At the end of the tests came, but the fifth test came only at 17:00, when we already got permission from a doctor to declare the test lost. Who to talk to. "
Archive photo: Home Front Command
David added that "48 hours is too close and it is difficult to deal with faults. A year after the corona and there is no clear information system that you do a test and can know what its status is. I spoke with the Ministry of Health, Home Front Command and HMO, and no one knows what is happening. "The health and the Home Front Command refer to the fund, the fund transfers to the Home Front Command and they really do not know. The soldier in the Home Front Command said that since this morning they have been contacting people who are going to Eilat and waiting for answers."
The rapid testing initiative has not yet begun and is expected to begin later this week, but another initiative that Magen Israel is working on concerns the possibility of setting up rapid testing stations that will give results that will be valid for a day.
"For hotels, speed tests are less good because you come for a few days. But we will allow quick tests every day. This requires the formulation of specific regulations for the operators who will do the tests. Since these are independent positions, the computer process must be closed For 24 hours, "said Corona projector Prof. Nachman Ash.
"Insignificant change"
In hotels accept the change in outline with understanding.
Industry sources told Israel Today that "this is an insignificant change and we are living with it in peace. We have gone through more significant things in the past year."
Room occupancy in hotels in all parts of the country is high ahead of Passover.
In hotels in Eilat it is almost impossible to find rooms, despite the high vacation prices in hotels in the southern city.
Some of the hotels in Eilat have not yet opened, mainly due to a shortage of manpower.
Very high demand is also recorded in the Sea of Galilee area and the Dead Sea.
In the coming days, an outline is also expected to be published that will allow passage to Sinai via Taba.
Many Israelis are already planning their holiday in Sinai, although it is not clear when the outline will take effect.