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Opening the sky and treating the foci of illness: the issues at the center of the Corona cabinet
The Ministerial Forum convenes for a discussion in which the reduction of restrictions on the operation of airports and flights will be examined and a uniform standard will be set for activities in closed and open spaces. The National Health Insurance Report distributed to participants showed a slight improvement in morbidity data over the past four days
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Thursday, 13 August 2020, 12:54 Updated: 13:30The Corona Cabinet convenes today (Thursday) to discuss the operation of airports and flights, as well as the continuation of the treatment of the red and orange cities that are defined as high morbidity centers. Ministers will also discuss setting a uniform standard for activity in closed and open spaces.
NSC report circulated to ministers ahead of the meeting suggests a slight improvement in the morbidity data in four days and a slight decrease patients who leave a positive light sources inside the total participants compared to last week. This week, the total rate of positive tests is 6.4% compared with 7% last week.
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Data from the Ministry of Health show that 1,612 people were diagnosed in Corona in the past day. This increased the number of verified infections in Israel to 88,733. Yesterday, results were obtained for 25,030 tests, with the percentage of positive for the virus being 6.7%. The test data and their results are not final and may change in subsequent updates from the Ministry of Health.
The number of active patients is 23,416. 760 patients are hospitalized in the hospitals, of which 114 are respirators and 386 are seriously ill. Currently, 643 people have died from the corona virus in Israel.
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At 16:00 - publication of the countries to which you can fly and return without isolation
Today at 16:00, the countries to which Israelis will be able to fly and return without the need for isolation will be announced. This follows a summary between Transport Minister Miri Regev, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Tourism Minister Assaf Zamir. It is not yet known whether those countries, to which it will be possible to fly and return without isolation, will agree to accept Israelis in light of the high morbidity data.