Questions and Answers: Everything You Need to Know About Exemption from Recovering Tests Israel today

The Ministry of Health has decided to grant a sweeping exemption from corona examinations before returning to Israel to anyone who has recovered in the past three months.

Since the decision, many questions have arisen regarding the implementation and enforcement of the decision, which concerns the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who have recovered and will recover from Corona.

What does the decision say?

Anyone who has recovered in the last three months is completely exempt from performing a corona test before returning to Israel.

All others are required to check back from each country within 72 hours prior to the flight to the country.

What should be presented?

It is necessary to present a recovery certificate based on a corona test and not based on a serological test.

Anyone who presents to the airlines before boarding the certificate of recovery from the three months prior to the flight and 11 days or more from the moment of recovery, is exempt from the same examination.

The decision will save recoverers the costs of testing abroad,

Since when does it take effect?

The decision takes effect immediately, the airlines are receiving the guidelines today, it is possible that in the first days we will experience some difficulties until the decision is lowered to all operational levels.

Is the decision valid from any country?

Yes, Israelis who have recovered in the last three months are exempt from presenting a negative test back from any country in the world.

Why are vaccinated people not exempt?

The decision was made due to the fact that recoverers can get a positive result in the months after recovery and therefore they are given the exemption.

Vaccines are not in a similar situation and therefore the decision is not valid for them.

Are you recovering from exemption from isolation back to Israel?

Yes, recovering from the last six months are exempt from isolation back from yellow and orange countries.

Back from red countries, everyone, including vaccinated and recovering ones are committed to full isolation, currently there are only four such: Turkey, Brazil, Mexico and Bulgaria.