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2022-01-02T16:48:14.886Z


The pictures of the people and the cars waiting for hours filled the various news sites and channels, but the Ministry of Health's guidelines allow vaccinated people to save valuable time. • Ichilov WELL emphasizes: That decipher the tests


Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned this morning (Sunday) at the cabinet meeting of the burdens on the testing systems and the need to limit the number of people to be tested.

Indeed, long queues were observed in the various complexes.

However, the companies that operate the labs that analyze the tests and also some of the companies that perform the tests send a reassuring message.

Prime Minister Bennett talks about the congestion in the testing complexes // Photo: GPO

"Along with the expected load on hospitals, it should be remembered that even a situation of tens of thousands verified per day is very difficult to manage logistically. These are numbers that the world did not know, and neither did we," said Prime Minister Bennett.

According to AID GENOMICS, the laboratories she heads are at 40% occupancy and are prepared and able to receive an additional 40,000 PCR tests every day.

The company also has the largest available antigen testing stock in the country.

Queue at the Corona testing complex in Haifa, Photo: Herzli Shapira

The company stressed that according to the Ministry of Health's new outline from last Thursday - which allows a vaccine exposed to a Omicron patient to perform a free antigen test instead of a PCR test - the public is apparently unaware of the new directive which greatly facilitates the test. Huge queues are recorded at PCR checkpoints.

Following the remarks of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett today at the cabinet meeting, that it will be necessary to limit the number of people who can come and be tested, because there is not enough capacity for the testing system, AID says its laboratories have not reached the limit of their capacity.

At Ichilov WELL, where rapid corona tests are performed, it is emphasized that there are no heavy loads and there are queues available.

Tomer Nitzan, Ichilov Well's director of operations: "According to the Ministry of Health's new outline from last Thursday, a vaccinated or recovering person exposed to a verified corona patient can have a free antigen test instead of a PCR test. We are prepared and waiting for the subjects with about 30 positions in the central area, so you just have to go to our website, check where the nearest position is and get to the test. "

Sheba Target (who works with the Home Front Command in the testing complexes) states that: "We operate all over the country and respond to record demands that have not been seen since the beginning of the epidemic. In recent days we are testing more than 70,000 civilians a day. Anyone interested or in need of testing Can arrive without a referral or appointment which further increases the amount of subjects.

"We are waiting for the approval of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health to increase the lineup even further and hope that the approval will come quickly. It is important to note that during most hours there are no unusual loads in most places "Additional complexes within their borders, the public will benefit from this and the waiting time will be reduced."

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Source: israelhayom

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