"There is no one here who wants to save lives and those who do not"
: Prime Minister Naftali Bennett tonight (Saturday) held a discussion with the directors of the struggle in Corona, and defended the government's policy in the context of the struggle.
In a briefing just before Bennett's departure for the UN General Assembly in New York, the prime minister said: "Everyone needs to know the spirit of the commander.
And the commander in this case is the Israeli government.
"Government policy is an open Israel, in a stubborn, sophisticated war, in a plague."
The remarks were made against the background of various criticisms voiced against the government's policy, which advocates fewer restrictions despite the severe morbidity data and against the background of the hospitals' distress.
"Not isolations, closures, more and more restrictions - it's the easiest - but solutions," the prime minister said.
"Those who are here need to know better than anyone how many actions we do in a day to conduct themselves better and save lives. There is no one here who wants to save lives and those who do not."
Bennett instructed those present: "I think of the patients, and really everyone in the corona ward is a simple heartache, but I also think of the economy, the education, the parents who have to work and the children who have to study. I suggest for the next few days focus on the three big things that stand At our doorstep: the reopening of the school year, the upgraded green jackal and the vaccines; the upgraded green character. "
Another Bennett assumption: "To vaccinate, to vaccinate, to vaccinate. Not to focus on where it is easy, to reach Arabs, to reach older people, who do not really know, who are afraid, to reach them right at home."
Bennett's remarks came two days after the warning from the cabinet advising the government, which also includes senior health ministry officials, "The extent of the ongoing corona morbidity over the past month has taken a heavy toll, requiring a policy change."
The experts added: "As a conclusion to the medium term and after the fourth wave - this approach of difficult management to a very advanced stage - dangerous, and the approach that operates a wider range of tools (green mark, crowd limit) at an earlier stage - is correct in the future. The fourth wave so far. "
Akmo device in an Israeli hospital, Photo: Michel Dot Com
In hospitals there is severe distress in the acoustic (heart-lung) devices as well as in the intensive care beds.
This week, "Israel Today" revealed the words of the directors of the corona departments who even warned: "We choose who will live and who will die."
According to data from the Ministry of Health, from midnight to 6:19 p.m., 49,128 tests were performed, 2,030 of which came out positive - so that the rate of verifications for the virus today stands at 4.35% so far.
There are currently 63,112 active Corona patients in Israel - 980 of whom are hospitalized.
694 of the patients are in critical condition (a continuous decrease which is reflected in the lowest number since last Saturday, when there were 712 patients in critical condition) and 221 respirators.
Twelve of the patients died yesterday from the virus, and together with the five who have died so far, 7,641 of the patients have died from corona since the outbreak of the plague in Israel.
