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Prof. Zarqa: "It is estimated that more than 50% of the parents vaccinated the children" Israel today

2021-10-31T22:14:38.996Z


The Corona is in charge of "Israel Today" ahead of the decision to vaccinate the children: "No changes will be made to the green mark for the children in the first stage" • "I hear from friends how difficult the isolations are for them"


The schedules for vaccinating the children are being formulated: The voting of the experts from the team for the treatment of epidemics, on the approval of the vaccine for children, will take place in about a week - on Sunday or Monday.

The actual vaccination of children is expected to begin between November 15 and 30.

In the first phase, no change is expected regarding the speed tests or the green mark rules.

A child who is resilient will be exempt from tests at the entrance to green mark sites, but those who are not resilient will be able to perform quick tests free of charge.

"In the first phase, no changes were made to the green character because the vaccination campaign needs to be exhausted," states Corona commissioner Prof. Salman Zarka in an interview with Israel Today.

Vaccination of adolescents.

Soon the children too, Photo: Jonathan Shaul

Will continue to be tested for free

"In my opinion," he explains, "it is a process that has information, that has a dialogue with the parents, including the possibility of meeting with a pediatrician through the HMOs. In the first stage, this process must be exhausted. I do not like this dialogue. Not there. We are in a situation where the morbidity is declining. I believe that a significant part of the public, more than 50 percent, believe that the vaccine is right and will want to protect their children and also save them isolation and antigen testing, which is restrictive for children. To be tested for free and we will wait for the information to be exhausted. "

Prof. Zarqa also addressed the burning issue of the education system: "It is important to remember that even today there are children who are in isolation at home, almost 32,000; or in the green class - if there are more than three positive children, students go home and pass tests. I hear from friends how difficult it is "

Corona tests in Katzrin.

"We will continue to check for free", Photo: Michael Giladi-Ginny

On Thursday, there will be a public discussion of the epidemic treatment team, which will present data from Pfizer, the trade unions (pediatricians, public health and epidemiology), and an hour will be devoted to about 20 questions from the public of supporters, opponents and people seeking scientific issues.

"I also receive threats"

On Sunday or Monday in about a week a professional discussion of the epidemic treatment team is expected, followed by a vote that will be confidential.

"All the public's questions will be answered. We all saw the FDA discussion, and there they confirmed it as part of the understanding that they were convinced by the data that the benefit from the vaccine is greater than the side effects," says Prof. Zarqa.

Corona projector Prof. Zarka in August: "I would like to make it worse" // Photo: Knesset Spokeswoman

Zarqa identifies with his colleague, the head of public health services at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sharon Elrai Price, who is facing threats on social media and a NIS 150,000 lawsuit from doctors she called "Corona deniers." The public is so threatened that it is necessary to attach a security guard or distress button to them.

There is a big difference between voicing opinions and threatening to harm a public figure, who spends all her time for the health and life of the citizens of Israel.

It must not be discussed on the agenda in the public discourse and in front of us.

The police must prosecute the threatening person. "

Dr. Sharon Elrai Price Photo: Oren Ben Hakon,

He too, Prof. Zarka reveals, has suffered similar threats.

"I'm not threatened on her level," he cautions, "I do not walk around with a distress button and hope I do not reach it, but the very public atmosphere casts a shadow over us all. .

Source: israelhayom

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