Watch: This is how you will shorten the isolation back to the country | Israel today

During a hearing held yesterday (Monday) in the Knesset, the Ministry of Health was represented by attorney Tal Fox and Dr. Ilana Gens, head of the public health staff at the Ministry of Health. , And thus actually shorten the isolation that one enters back into Israel.

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According to the explanation, which can be seen in the attached video, of Adv. Fox and Dr. Gens to the head of the committee, MK Efrat Reitan Marom, it works like this - if you are in Italy, a country from which requires isolation, and from there you will move to the Czech Republic and stay there for three days For example, the count of the seven days of isolation will start from the moment of moving from Italy to the Czech Republic, as the Czech Republic is a country whose return does not require isolation.

After three days in the Czech Republic, you will return to Israel, leaving you with only four days of isolation.

Advocate Fox emphasizes that it is mandatory to inform the Ministry of Health and it is still mandatory to perform two corona tests, the first at Ben Gurion Airport after landing, and the second at least 24 hours apart from the first test.

The Czech Republic is one of the countries whose return does not require recovering and vaccinated in isolation, Photo: gettyimages

The announcement by senior Ministry of Health officials will allow Israelis to combine destinations and return to Israel with shortened isolation.

Austria borders interesting destinations such as Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia and Italy, to which flight is allowed, but return from them requires isolation.

Hungary also borders countries that are allowed to fly to and returning from them requires isolation, such as Croatia, Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia and Serbia.

The Czech Republic borders Austria, Germany, Poland and Slovakia, so according to the Ministry of Health, it is possible to combine car trips between the countries, ending with as many days as you want in a country that does not require isolation, and thus shorten isolation back to Israel.

It is important to mention that there is a permit to fly to all countries of the world without the need for approval of an Exceptions Committee, except for six countries: Spain, Turkey, Georgia, Mexico, Brazil and Bulgaria.

It is important to make sure that the country you are interested in flying to receives Israelis.

There are currently four countries that accept vaccinated and recovering Israelis without isolation there and back to the country: Hungary, the Czech Republic, Austria and Moldova.