The corona projector, Prof. Salman Zarka, warned today (Tuesday) of an increase in morbidity in the ultra-Orthodox sector.
In a conversation with journalists, he warned that while there is a decrease in morbidity in the general public, in ultra-Orthodox concentrations the morbidity does not decrease but remains stable, which may lead to an increase in the future.
The Corona projector said: "We are concerned about the increase in the number of positives in ultra-Orthodox society. In contrast to the general sector, we see a trend of stability, along with an increase in morbidity in young people, which will lead to infection in the elderly, especially the unvaccinated. "And this is a subject that is very troubling to us."
Prof. Zarqa added: "The rate of tests in ultra-Orthodox society is the lowest. In the general public, the number of tests is twice as high."
Although there is a response to immunization among the ultra-Orthodox, it is significantly lower compared to the general public - 44 percent immunization compared to more than 60 percent in general society.
Among the ultra-Orthodox children, only 50 percent were vaccinated.
"Most morbidity is among the unvaccinated (76 percent) and 13 percent among the two-dose vaccinated."
Morbidity in ultra-Orthodox society remains stable // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon,
"We have islands of morbidity, in which unfortunately there are more hospitalizations and deaths. Although, the morbidity is mainly at young ages, but the fire burns and also affects adults," warned Prof. Zarqa, who said that the doubling factor in Elad is 1.7 and in Beitar Illit and Modi'in Illit approaching 1, This is in contrast to a much lower coefficient of infection in other Israeli cities.
Prof. Zarka noted that officials from the Ministry of Health and the Home Front Command are currently working actively in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods and cities, with the aim of increasing testing and immunization in the sector.
"The ultra-Orthodox meet in synagogues, on Shabbat, in yeshivas. There is a lot of social closeness. Those who were vaccinated contributed to themselves and to the rest of the ultra-Orthodox society. They can contribute more in synagogue meetings, prayers, yeshivas. "We have complexes in all the ultra-Orthodox localities. Everything is accessible. Everyone saves one soul as if he saved the whole world. Let everyone find one soul, take it hand in hand and save it from this damn disease," he said.