Over 5 million were vaccinated in a second dose Israel today

Continued crossed: Health Minister Edelstein announced that the number of vaccinated against corona in the second dose has exceeded 5 million • Yesterday to the evening hours only 44 carriers were identified

• Over 5 million were vaccinated in a second dose

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  Yossi Zeliger

The war on the Corona virus:

 Health Minister Yuli (Joel) Edelstein announced this morning (Friday) that the 5 million vaccine threshold in the second dose against Corona has been crossed. 

A statement issued by the minister said: "Today we have passed the 5,000,000 vaccinated in a second dose! This is a huge achievement for the health system and the citizens of Israel. Together we are stimulating the corona."   

According to data from the Ministry of Health, as of last night, 44 carriers had been identified, which is 0.3 percent of 13,073 new tests.

On Wednesday, 113 new carriers were identified, which is 0.2 percent out of 45,322 new tests.

The number of patients hospitalized as of yesterday stands at 256 people, with 161 in critical condition.

The number of respirators stands at 99 people, and 103 patients in critical condition.

Currently, the coefficient of infection - 0.75.

Since the outbreak of the plague, 837,668 people have been diagnosed in Corona, with only 1,954 people now infected with the virus.

Yesterday one patient died, which raised the death toll to 6,346 people, while today no Corona patient died.

Fear of the Indian variant 

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health issued a travel warning yesterday and recommended avoiding "unnecessary travel abroad", especially to seven countries: Ukraine, Ethiopia, Brazil, South Africa, India, Mexico and Turkey. The population said in a statement that "in view of the high morbidity rates in the world and the presence of alarming variants, the Ministry of Health recommends that the general public not leave Israel's borders at this time."

According to the Ministry of Health, the travel warning represents both the current situation in the countries in question and the morbidity trend in them. This is based on a number of criteria: the declaration of the countries, the extent of the morbidity of those entering Israel from them, the percentage of those vaccinated and recovering from the verified, evidence of the existence of variants and more.