The increase in the corona virus infection with 1,535 verified cases over the weekend raises concern that the emergency government is actually making it difficult to eradicate the plague.

• 35th Government Meeting. "The plurality of ministers is harmful"

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High-ranking government ministers are seeing the corona's renewed outburst and growing criticism, arguing that it is precisely the large emergency government that is harming the plague rather than eradicating it.

"You sit for hours in discussions and a lot of the time is wasted," says one of the ministers in the government. "Every minister wants to speak, everyone wants to be heard and heard, wants to be seen, wants to tell later that he pushed and he is an entrepreneur, everyone has something to say and it's simple Exhausting. When you have so many people pushing each other to their side, it does not advance the issue, it stings him. Add to that the tension that exists between the two parties, creating a situation that makes it impossible to work. "

He said, "When Netanyahu and Bari (Moshe Bar Seaman, former director of the Ministry of Health) worked together, you could say it was better or worse, but at least things were moving. Now you feel that you are discussing things for hours and hours and nothing is progressing. I do not think the results of the second outbreak are related to this, but it is clear that the plurality of ministers involved in the matter are disingenuous and harmful. That Netanyahu and Gantz will take it together with the professionals and work on what is needed. "

PM Netanyahu's Statement on the New Restrictions on Gatherings // Photo: GPO

And with this tension, the Knesset Corona Commission will meet today to approve the restrictions: up to 50 people only in halls and bars, up to 50 people in synagogues, and up to 20 people in general gatherings. There is still controversy over the proposal that there will be up to 50 people in restaurants.

During Friday and Saturday, 1,535 additional infections were detected in Corona; on Friday, 936 infections were added and on Saturday by 20:30 599 were added. At the same time, the number of active patients crossed the 10,000 line and stands at 10,929. 296 of them are hospitalized, 84 of them in serious condition and 32 of them breathing. The death toll rose by five and stands at 330.

Although previous weekends have seen a decrease in the number of laboratory tests, at present numbers have remained high: during the course of 20,912 laboratory tests were conducted on Friday and on Saturday 12,123 until the evening.

The Ministry of Health requires the immediate addition of 200 nurses to conduct epidemiological investigations and six public health doctors, or infectious disease specialists, to strengthen the health bureaus.

In a letter sent last week by Prof. Sigal Sadecki, the head of public health at the Ministry of Health, to Prof. Hezi Levy, the director general of the ministry, she warned that the staff at the health bureaus was "worn out".

At the same time, over the weekend, GSS training began to be sent to people, calling on them to go into isolation. Many people complained that they had received false training, and that it could not be challenged or obtained by the Ministry of Health.

One of the complainants, on maternity leave, stated: "I received a SMS from the Health Ministry that I should go into isolation due to being exposed to a Corona patient. I was at my home at this time. I will note that I am postpartum and not leaving home during these hours. Immediately after receiving the message, I dialed the Health Ministry, where I waited more than two hours on the line and there was no answer, finally the call was cut off. "

In the defense system, the Ministry of Health referred the responsibility to the Ministry of Health, which stated that "GSS training can be challenged at the Health Call Center:" As of Thursday, many messages have been sent from the Ministry of Health following the GSS training. As a result, many inquiries on this topic are received at the Health Call Center 5400 * and waiting times are high. The Ministry of Health is working to improve availability and service levels as soon as possible. The Ministry of Health emphasizes that getting a message requires immediate entry into the isolation, and that the message must be followed until another official approval is obtained. "

"We need immediate change"

Meanwhile, in an analysis by a team of researchers from the Rakka Institute of Physics and the Hebrew University's School of Public Health, which is monitoring the Corona epidemic, they warn that, according to a model they have developed, the rate of increase in hospitalization will lead to more than 100 deceased in the coming weeks. "At the current doubling rate in about two weeks, we will be in deterioration that could lead to a failure of the health system's standing capacity, which will require severe closure," they warn.

They also note that there is a "window of opportunity for a few days," after which there will be 400 severely ill patients and may be in a state of collapse of the health system.

The data shows that the watershed in the current morbidity wave was the opening of the event halls. Until then, the infection was among a young and "uninjured" population, but since the opening of many collaborative events on June 15, "cross-infection" between a young and older population has been possible, and this infection has been reflected in an increase in the number of hospitalized patients within 10 days: Contagion by preventing multiplayer events, with emphasis on events in confined spaces. "

Participating in the preparation: Meital Yasur Beit Or, Yehuda Schlesinger, Gideon Alon, Lilac Shoval