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Due to the scab: mask removal until Friday Israel today

2020-05-18T22:49:58.664Z


| In the countryEdelstein: "Take the Corona seriously, but the heat wave is dangerous too" Allow mask removal Photo:  Oren Ben Hakun New Health Minister Yuli Edelstein (Monday) decided that following the extreme heat wave that is affecting Israel, from tomorrow until the weekend, permission to remove masks in the public space and classrooms will be granted. Wearing masks is mandatory, but these days until th...


Edelstein: "Take the Corona seriously, but the heat wave is dangerous too"

  • Allow mask removal

    Photo: 

    Oren Ben Hakun

New Health Minister Yuli Edelstein (Monday) decided that following the extreme heat wave that is affecting Israel, from tomorrow until the weekend, permission to remove masks in the public space and classrooms will be granted. Wearing masks is mandatory, but these days until the relief of the heat, the duty will be removed, provided there is no gathering.

Minister Edelstein said: "The Corona defense must be taken seriously, but the heat wave may be dangerous in itself. Given the professional echelon's recommendations, I have decided to allow the removal of the masks when there is no gathering."

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In the morning, most of the students are expected to return to the education system, including fourth-and fourth-graders who have been home for about two months. With them, there was also a restriction that students in fourth grade and above were required to wear masks in the class itself. This is an almost impossible task, probably given that it is an extreme heat.

Already at the weekend a group of parents and teachers opposed the idea and wrote in a petition spreading: "Parents, students and teachers say - you will not strangle us or return to the schools in the current outline." 

Yesterday, the Ministry of Education addressed the Director General of the Ministry of Health Moshe Bar a good sign to cancel the obligation to use masks during the days of the Sarav. The letter reads: "The heat loads, these days, are especially difficult for students, starting with fourth grade, who are obliged to attend classrooms with masks that cover the Most of their faces. " 

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According to them, "In the past two days we have received a lot of inquiries from students, which indicates that it is true that there are air conditioners in the classrooms, but - the masks on Shabbat days are still an unbearable heat, and many students indicate difficulty and inability to concentrate. Therefore, seek to immediately abolish the duty of the masks, at least for the time being. "

After the calls to cancel the duty of the masks these days, the minister answered the calls and instructed the Director General of the Ministry of Health Moshe Bar a good sign to sign a permit to remove masks, stating that from tomorrow until Friday, "a mask-wearing duty will not apply to students staying in the school as well as to those who are in the area Open or in a non-air-conditioned structure, except when gathering, due to the extreme heat load expected on these dates. "

Source: israelhayom

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