Fear of mass adhesion: Operation of railroad deferred to unknown date, Netanyahu-led Corona Cabinet will discuss the issue tomorrow • 347 people infected, more than 17,000 students and teaching staff are in isolation and 127 institutions closed • PM: The virus - mislead the public "
Subject to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision, and in light of the growing morbidity figures for the rise in corona morbidity in Israel, it was decided on Sunday that the train will not operate again tomorrow and the Ministry of Transport is preparing to operate it later. Today's decision is contrary to the announcement of the transport minister, by Regev's shooting last week. Remember, Regev's decision to open the train tomorrow has angered the prime minister, who claimed that decisions are being made too hastily.
According to the Prime Minister's decision, the Corona Cabinet will meet tomorrow, chaired by the Prime Minister, to discuss, among other things, the status of operating the train in light of the rise in morbidity data. Due to the decision that occurred today, it has been definitively decided that the Israel Railways will not operate the passenger train system tomorrow.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu decided not to return the train to operation due in part to an update today reported by the Ministry of Education. The ministry updated on the morbidity of the Corona virus and its implications in the education system in Israel, emphasizing that the education system is continuing its curriculum, with immediate and systematic treatment of specific problems. The total number of confirmed patients in the education system is 347 people, out of about 2,300,000 students and from around 200,000 teaching staff.
It was also noted that more than 99 percent of all educational institutions continue to operate as usual, with out of 5,200 schools and about 20,000 kindergartens, only 127 educational institutions were closed due to the disease and 17,497 teaching and student workers are in preventive isolation as part of the ministry's actions . With the detection of morbidity in an educational institution, close the educational institution, take preventive isolation, perform tests and finally return to normal.
The overall data analysis shows that most patients, about 56 percent, are from the city of Jerusalem - 197 cases out of 352. Of these, about 75 percent are from the Hebrew Gymnasium in Jerusalem (148 out of 197). To date, positive results have been obtained from three other corona patients, increasing the number of school-admitted patients to four verified patients.
Meanwhile, after a student found positive in the Corona virus last Thursday at the Arts School in Ashkelon, the Ashkelon municipality is closely monitoring the corona tests done by the school's students. Due to the situation at the school, from Thursday the school was discontinued and the students and educational staff were sent to isolation and required to undergo a corona test, while at the same time, the school is conducted through distance learning.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the Corona situation in the country today, warning: "We have witnessed a sharp rise in infection rates in recent days. As I kept saying: the virus here. It is neither my imagination nor anyone else's. "Because of the ease we have made to open our economy. But some also stems significantly from the loosening of strict rules on masks, distance and hygiene."
"We are seeing a clear increase in many parts of the country and in many parts of the population," he said. "So tomorrow, I summoned the Corona Cabinet tomorrow to consider the steps needed to intensify the epidemic, including in schools, including public transport and other areas."
81 patients were diagnosed in the last day: According to data from the Corona Information and Campaign Center published this morning, 81 new patients were discovered during Saturday, out of 10,986 laboratory tests. According to the report, the record for the number of patients in the past month was recorded on Thursday, when 140 new agents were discovered a day, on Friday 123 and yesterday 81 new ones, the lowest number in a week.