08/22/2021 18:22
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Updated 08/22/2021 6:22 PM
Israel, one of the most advanced countries in the coronavirus vaccination campaign,
once again exceeded 5,000 daily cases and touched 50 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Faced with this situation, it
is expected that, in the coming days, it will
reach the mark of one million accumulated cases
, while technical failures today made it difficult to carry out massive anti-Covid controls on minors with a view to returning to face-to-face classes.
Coronavirus infections soared in Israel
after the Ministry of Health celebrated on July 8 and 9 that there were no new cases
.
Since then, the epidemiological curve marked an
abrupt rise in infections
, which reached more than 7,000 cases yesterday.
Vaccination campaign in Jerusalem.
It was not enough to avoid the spikes of COVID infections, Photo / Reuter.
The coronavirus situation in Israel from the Delta variant
Although the figures reported today by the Israel Health portfolio are slightly lower than yesterday,
with 5,380
COVID
cases
in the last 24 hours, they are still high for the country's curve, with
669 serious cases, out of a total of 65,780 active cases
, and 107 cases required mechanical respiration.
There were also 48 deaths
from the disease in the last 24 hours, which also implies a notable increase,
after 16 yesterday and after last July 27
no fatalities were reported, the
Times of Israel
newspaper reported
.
These statistics are more warning if one takes into account that it is one of the most advanced nations in terms of vaccination
, with 60% of the population that has the two doses while 12% already have a third additional injection to avoid derived complications of COVID.
The Delta variant in Israel and back to school
Despite the advanced spread of infections, as a result of the spread of the Delta variant of the virus,
the Government enabled centers that offer serological controls
for coronavirus antibodies and rapid tests of Covid-19 for antigens
for children from 3 to 12 years of age and older. of 400 points in the country.
Israeli youth undergo COVID antibody testing.
PHOTO / AFP
Under the back-to-school plan on September 1
, more than a
million students will undergo tests
and, if the results show that the students have antibodies, they will be granted
a green pass and will be exempt from quarantine
if someone in his class tests positive, the Ministry of Education reported, quoted by the
AFP
news
agency.
However,
this campaign has already suffered delays due to "a problem with the communications system of the Cell com (telephone) company
, which is facilitating the rapid testing system of Covid," according to the national emergency and medical assistance service Magen David Adom , and difficulties were reported for young children to undergo blood tests.
About 41% of 12-15-year-olds have already received a dose of the vaccine
, as have 79% of 16-19-year-olds, according to the Russian news agency
Sputnik.
In total, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic,
Israel has exceeded 990,000 infections and accounted for 6,830 deaths from complications derived from COVID.
With information from agencies
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