Conflict in the Corona Cabinet:
In the shadow of the rise in morbidity, the Cabinet is convened at this time (Tuesday), and the winds among those present in the debate are stormy.
While the cabinet was discussing the data, 12 recordings of the meeting were published in the news tonight, during which there was a confrontation between Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman and the head of public health services, Dr. Sharon Elroi Price. .
The finance minister claimed during the meeting: "We have been living with the Omicron for a month and a half. To date, about 12 people around the world have died, that's what we know. We are with 81 seriously ill people, 41 of them respirators."
"As far as the Omicon is concerned, I do not see it affecting more than the flu right now. As we are living with the flu, we are currently living with the Omicron," Lieberman said, adding: We are straight to the world of compensation. "
Price objected to the allegations and remained indebted.
"Mr. Finance Minister, we presented the data from South Africa. Also at the cabinet meeting, which I do not know if you were part of it or not," she stung, adding: There is also a very big reservation that in South Africa there are 5.5% aged 65 and over and 70% recovering. "
As for the immunization data, she said: "There is another large group that did not receive a first and second dose, so we also have a large population that does not recover and is not vaccinated. So the statements that we are a vaccinated country? You just have to know the data and understand that it is not exactly so."
Recommendations of the Ministry of Health
As part of the meeting, the Ministry of Health recommends a number of measures to prevent the spread of the omicron, including: a partial green label in malls, restrictions on gatherings and moving to work from home.
The government has decided that the public sector is moving to 50% work from home.
These are the recommendations:
Malls:
Green mark in commerce - in stores over 100 meters (including stores inside malls and commercial complexes), including food complexes (no seating on site, only on takeaway).
Essential stores will be excluded and operated in purple
Crowd Restrictions:
No green mark - 20 inside, 50 outside.
With a green label: high-risk event (including food, drink, dancing) - 100 inside, 300 outside.
Performances: 300 inside, including space between the seats, 1000 outside (subject to compensation plan)
Work from home:
Beyond 50% from home, to the public and private sectors
The education system:
In orange and red localities, when the immunization rate is less than 70%, distance learning - immediately in seventh-twelfth grades, another month or so in elementary school.
Strengthening the health system -
including the private geriatric system.
Bennett: "Waiting impatiently for a fourth vaccine to be approved for at-risk populations"
At the beginning of the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett handed over a number to the Ministry of Health and said: "I am eagerly awaiting the approval of a fourth vaccine for at-risk populations."
Commenting on the spike in morbidity, Bennett said: "We are likely to see a similar trend of doubling every two to three days in the near future, perhaps less. The public should be aware that a dramatic increase in morbidity is expected. We can not prevent the wave, there is no such possibility. The tools for the citizens of Israel to protect themselves mainly from serious illness, when some of them become infected. "
As for vaccines, Bennett said: "There are a million children who have not even received a first shot. At the moment they are exposed and our goal is to motivate them in large numbers in the coming days to get vaccinated. Vaccine, so we can protect them. "
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