Following the imposition of the new restrictions, Israel estimates that we will soon enter the "waiting period" • Meaning: Stability in the number of infected patients will not result in more stringent restrictions and even relief in the future • In the event of an increase in the number of patients, a full closure will be announced.

• Shiba Hospital // Photo: Coco

With the imposition of the new set of restrictions, Tuesday afternoon, Israel is expected to enter the waiting period in the coming days. Prime Minister Netanyahu's assessment of the situation is that the rate of infection with the virus will increase significantly and that in the next few days we will reach 1,000 well-known Corona carriers in Israel, and even more.

Director General of the Ministry of Health Moshe Bar Good sign on the new guidelines // Photo: Ministry of Health spokesmen

However, if these are the numbers and the situation remains relatively controlled, as it is today, no new restrictions will be imposed on the public. Under this scenario, the partial closure currently in progress will last at least two weeks. At the end of the period, according to an optimistic scenario, even the removal of restrictions will be considered.

On the other hand, there is also a difficult scenario of losing control, much like in Europe. In the event of a significant and uncontrollable outbreak, significant and immediate exacerbation of the restrictions to the full closure is expected. These are the details that became known to Israel today. Senior officials involved in managing the Corona virus campaign told Israel today that Israel is constantly learning from the world. For example, the possibility of adopting the British approach has been examined but rejected. According to this model, the dangerous populations who are the elderly and the patients go into closure while the rest of the population continues their lives as usual.

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"In the British model there is logic, but there is also a lot of risk. In the present situation, Israel can still become the UK (ie remove the restrictions from the general population) but the UK can no longer become Israel (because the spread of the virus can no longer be prevented in the entire British public)." , The discussions said.

It should be noted that the British themselves had already abandoned yesterday evening when they imposed restrictions on the general population. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently holding another hearing on expanding the tests to identify the virus and examining additional testing methods for detecting it. Participants in the discussion are Minister of Health Ya'akov Litzman, Chief of National Security Staff Meir Ben Shabbat, Director General of the Ministry of Health Moshe Bar Siman Tov, MDA Director General Eli Bean, Head of Public Health Prof. Sigal Sadecki, and other parties.

According to the data presented at the hearing, the corona detection rate now stands at 1,200 a day and is expected to double within a week. In an attempt to find out why there are still 2,000 tests a day, as already stated a week ago, it became clear that there was a global shortage of ink. The flask (a small plastic stick that has a cotton swab inserted into the subject's mouth or nostril) must comply with the international standards that the Ministry of Health adheres to.

Closure for disinfection in the Gems neighborhood in Modi'in // Photo: Revital Arnon

With the outbreak of corona in the world, there is a great difficulty in obtaining flippers, despite efforts by the Ministry of Health to search for flush manufacturers worldwide. Only in the last few days have ways been found to fill the shortage and this is one of the reasons for the inability to add tests.

Israel today learned that there are other reasons for the delay and the length of time it takes to train personnel and labs so that they can perform the tests professionally.