The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee did not renew the approval for actions to reduce the spread of the corona • Among the Knesset members who voted against the approval: MK Hauser, MK Barbibai and MK Ya'alon
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee discussion.
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Adina Welman, Spokeswoman for the Knesset
The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee did not renew the GSS 'approval of the reduction aid for the spread of the corona. If the government does not announce a new accreditation within 24 hours, the GSS' assistance capacity will expire in efforts to locate those designated for isolation.
During the vote in the committee, MKs Avi Dichter, MK Nissim Vattori and MK Avi Boso were among the Knesset members who voted in favor of continuing the GSS.
The committee was chaired by MK Zvi Hauser, MK Orna Barbibai, MK Michal Kotler Wensch and MK Moshe (Boogie) Ya'alon.
After his long struggle was co Association of Public Health Physicians, not currently approved by the Knesset continued use of wireless location Shin Bet source.
Professional now clear there is no justification for using unusual for this purpose.
Is the decision heralds shift in favor of a sane policy or a one-time achievement? @ karineb @ tehillaaltshul1 @ rafa_refaella
- Prof. Hagai Levin (@LevineHagai) March 29, 2021
According to the organization's data, more than 100,000 corona patients were located exclusively thanks to the GSS's location. According to models from the Ministry of Health, it is estimated that following the locating of the patients, more than 98,000 new patients were avoided, about 2,000 seriously and 750 deaths. .
The government rejected the government's request to extend the GSS 'location.
3 out of 4 MKs who opposed will not be in the next Knesset, "followed by the flood."
According to the Ministry of Health, the locomotives have prevented 210 deaths and tens of thousands of verified Corona patients in the last two months.
This is how it is when cheap politics overshadows professional considerations, even when it comes to human life.
- Avi Dichter Avi Dichter (@avidichter) March 29, 2021
At the time, the Ministry of Health agreed to discontinue the GSS, only after the daily number of infections dropped below 1,000, or when the scope of locating patients by the GSS dropped below 5% for three weeks.
As you may recall, in the last week the number of carriers discovered daily is less than 1,000, and yesterday only 128 patients were discovered.