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2020-04-13T07:10:23.939Z


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How many citizens keep the regulations - and make sure they stay around their homes? • The site that tracks the data of 77 cities in the country and knows how the residents are behaving these days

Get acquainted with the "National Index", a site operated by the Ministry of Health and the Local Government Center, which examines how many Israeli residents obey the restrictions imposed by the government to prevent the spread of the corona - and remain in their homes.

Photo: Ministry of Health

The updated snapshot on the site contains anonymous and cross-referenced data from several different sources. In a statement to the visitor at the site, the index reads: "The index weighs the proportion of Israelis who stayed at home (or in the home area) on the indicated date, from data on the 77 largest cities in Israel, where about 75% of the population lives."

As of last Saturday, for example, the site is updated that the percentage of those staying home among Israelis is 78 percent - a 4 percent increase from Friday and a 1 percent increase from the week before the test. On Passover eve, according to the index, 78.1% of Israelis were in their homes.

The site even ranks the six outstanding cities, by weighting the proportion of residents who stay at home, those who stay close to their homes and those who leave the house for at least an hour. The site emphasizes that "the index is a relative index of days as is correct (index = 100). The data is anonymous, aggregate and statistics, and you cannot belong to specific people, homes or even specific streets."

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According to the data, Modi'in is currently at the top of the list, followed by Rosh Ha'ayin and Hod Hasharon, in fourth place - Kfar Yona and Kfar Saba and Ness Ziona. Next up is Kiryat Ono in seventh place, Kiryat Ata in eighth place, Raanana in the ninth and the first ten to seal Rishon Lezion.

The site also lists practices that helped residents succeed in maintaining regulations. Among other things, the website states that "in times of stress and uncertainty, anxieties that do not necessarily have a basis (will the toilet paper run out? Can the drugs quickly produce harmful and unnecessary herd behavior? It is important to give citizens the sense that the municipality is always a few steps ahead of them and thinks, plans) It is not enough to give this response, it is also massively publicized, for example, the municipality of Beersheba, for example, has established dedicated food and drug distribution headquarters and has published on every possible platform it does - as part of its commitment to address the full range of relevant needs. City residents end to end. "

The article titled "Communicating with the Haredim" states on the site that "Apart from Peshkvilim, Haredi press publications, public space signs and door-to-door brochures, cell phones also prove to be a good tool for conveying messages with up-to-date instructions to the ultra-Orthodox audience. Recorded, tailored to kosher phones, as is currently being done on a large scale in the city of Ashdod. "

Find the national index with all the latest data

Source: israelhayom

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