At the forefront of vaccination, Israel plans to end most of the health restrictions linked to the coronavirus in its territory in early June, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday.
"For the first time since the outbreak of the epidemic, all restrictions inside Israeli territory will be lifted from June 1," the ministry said in a statement, adding that the government has yet to vote in favor. of this proposal.
The restrictions on travelers entering Israel will remain valid, with the ministry even considering tightening them up to prevent the entry of variants of the virus into Israeli territory.
At the worst time of the epidemic, the country was recording around 10,000 new patients per day.
In the past 24 hours, the ministry has only identified twelve.
In total, since the start of the epidemic, the country has officially recorded 839,319 cases of contamination, including 6,404 deaths.
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The decrease in contamination has allowed the authorities to reopen restaurants, bars and sports halls initially, but only for people with a "green passport", that is, people who have been vaccinated or cured.
Since mid-April, wearing a mask is no longer required in public spaces but still is on public transport and in closed places.
The new recommendations from the ministry will allow the entire population, including unvaccinated people, to be able to enter anywhere but the wearing of a mask will initially remain compulsory in closed places.
At the end of December, Israel launched a massive vaccination campaign under an agreement with the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer which quickly delivered millions of doses to the Jewish state in exchange for data on the effects of vaccination in this country which has digitized medical databases on its population. More than five of the 9.3 million Israelis (55% of the population) received the two doses of the Pfizer vaccine.