Against the background of breaking the disease records, the corona projector, Prof. Salman Zarka, is currently holding a press conference.
Zarqa said that "the wave we are in that combines a variant of Micron and Delta continues to rise and it is likely that the number of infected is higher than what is seen on the dashboard. Some of the infected do an unreported home inspection."
Zarqa added: "Omicron's high infection rate requires us to produce a policy adapted to the high growth rate. Most of the serious morbidity in the at-risk population. Mostly over 60 and unvaccinated or who have received a second vaccine and have not renewed it," he said.
"Today the picture of hospitalization in Israel - the serious patients are over 60 and their vaccine is not valid. I would like to call on the public to people in Sivan and those who did not receive dose 3 come to get vaccinated. "110,000 people over the age of 65 who are required to receive a dose of 3 and have not yet received it. This is a population that is at risk of contracting omicron or delta and reaching the hospital, God forbid, for respiration and life-threatening."
He said, "The number of workers who become infected and remain in isolation brings us to challenges in preserving essential services. The health system has about 5,600 workers in isolation. About half of doctors and 1,500 nurses. We also heard about other workers' absence. The workload is increasing. Not urgent, ambulatory services as needed. "
Zarqa also noted that "starting tomorrow (Friday) we will create a clear priority in the queues for tests, at the Home Front Command stations and the health funds. We will create separate routes for the population at risk. In addition to rapid sampling, the samples will be marked separately To be assisted by antigen tests. "
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