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The corona laboratory will be closed and the obligation to wear masks will be abolished: the IDF is taking a step back to routine - Walla! News

2021-04-04T06:22:34.007Z


With 84% vaccinated against Corona in the army and 36 sick soldiers in total, the army is reducing restrictions and implementing a series of decisions on the way back to routine: closing the "recovering village" and testing lab. In addition, the level of preparedness has been set for the lowest, and the IDF is preparing medical staffs to monitor infections to prevent complications.


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The corona laboratory will be closed and the obligation to wear masks will be abolished: in the IDF, they are taking a step back to normal

With 84% vaccinated against Corona in the army and 36 sick soldiers in total, the army is reducing restrictions and implementing a series of decisions on the way back to routine: closing the "recovering village" and testing lab.

In addition, the level of preparedness has been set for the lowest, and the IDF is preparing medical staffs to monitor infections to prevent complications.

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Amir Bohbot

Sunday, 04 April 2021, 09:00

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The significant improvement in the morbidity situation in Corona among IDF soldiers led to a series of decisions and recommendations in the army that continues in the process of returning to routine. protective masks in open areas.



on Thursday there is a head of operations at the general Staff, Major general Aharon Haliva, assessment during exhibited medical officers data on morbidity. according to the data, only 36 soldiers diagnosed with Corona, 327 servers are isolated home and in the last week less than ten soldiers After the same assessment of the situation, Major General Haliva approved easing the traffic restrictions and lowering them to the lowest level of readiness in the fight against the epidemic, similar to that applied in the first wave



.

"We do not intend to do anything unilateral and are waiting for the Ministry of Health to approve the removal of masks in open areas," a senior medical officer said.

"I guess it will come soon in light of the high immunity. In risk management we will get to that soon," he added.

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The units will be closed.

Olga Holiday Village for the Absorption of Corona Sick Soldiers (Photo: Official Website, -)

The senior officer also said that the army vaccinated the vast majority of the servants and the low morbidity figures are maintained.

"The IDF by definition is a vaccinated organization.

The morbidity fails to raise its head, "said the same source." By the time of recruitment in March we were around 84% vaccinated.

We dropped by a few percent because new recruits arrived.

70% of them came vaccinated from home.

We are currently completing a vaccine for March recruits. "



According to the senior officer, there are now more than 200 units, most of them operational, in which more than 90% of the servants are vaccinated. He noted that if there is a decrease in the percentage of vaccinated, Who recently enlisted and were not vaccinated against civilians. To this end, the IDF has launched targeted vaccination operations in recent weeks.

"One of the bases included in the operation was the training base of the Kfir Brigade in the Jordan Valley (BH 900).



Also, according to the Medical Corps' recommendation, restrictions were removed in units with more than 90% vaccinators and a return to routine work procedures began." "We maintain distances in enclosed spaces but the companies can mix, battalion performances can be held in enclosed halls, meetings can be held in the meeting rooms," said the same source.



He said, "In units where the percentage of vaccinated is around 70% -80% Fill halls with more than 50 soldiers. "

90% vaccinated in more than 200 units.

Vaccines in the IDF (Photo: AP)

Will be reopened as a holiday village for army units.

A room in the village of the recovering in Ashkelon (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

The IDF also decided, on the recommendation of the Medical Corps, that the "Recovery Village" from Corona in Ashkelon should be closed and reopened as a holiday village for army units. The military laboratory, which reached 2,000 tests a day during its peak days, will be closed this week Today, an average of 150 tests are performed per day for the IDF in the Ben Gurion Airport laboratory, and using advanced equipment purchased for the IDF, an answer can be obtained within eight hours.



However, Technology and Logistics Division decided to maintain the readiness situation where the IDF will have to make preparations for the winter will be required to vaccinate serving for the third time.



In the meantime, the Medical Corps began to train medical staffs and commanders coping with the long Covid - long-term impact of sources, Because according to medical sources in Israel and around the world, some people who have had corona have symptoms that will accompany them for a long time.To prevent medical complications, symptoms should be monitored in soldiers, such as intolerance to stress and other parameters, mental problems and other viral diseases.

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