Against the background of the decline in coronary heart disease in Israel, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz agreed today (Tuesday) to lift the restrictions on gatherings in open spaces and to abolish the green label in low-risk places.
In an open space it will be possible to hold cultural, sports and prayer events, for up to 1,000 participants and in a yeshiva, without the obligation of a green badge.
In a closed place, it will be possible to hold cultural, sports and prayer events for up to 100 participants and a yeshiva, without the obligation of a green label.
Maximum occupancy in indoor ballrooms will increase from 400 to 600 participants, under the green label rules.
Event gardens will be allowed to hold events in the open space only with no occupancy limit, in accordance with the green label rules.
The obligation to wear a mask in a gathering of more than 100 people in an open area will be abolished.
The obligation to wear a mask indoors will remain unchanged.
The decisions will be submitted today for approval by the Ministerial Committee for the Counter-Corona Virus (Corona Cabinet) in a telephone poll, and are expected to take effect this Thursday, after approval by the Knesset's Constitution Committee.
At the same time, it was agreed that the Ministry of Health, in cooperation with the Knesset Education Committee and the Ministries of Education, Culture and Sports, will formulate in the coming days an outline adapted to the education system, which will also address cultural events within the school.
564 infected per day
The Ministry of Health published this morning the picture of the corona spread.
According to data yesterday, 564 new carriers were identified which is 0.66 percent out of 90,666 new tests.
The number of active carriers in Israel stands at 6,198 people, of whom 161 Israelis are hospitalized in critical condition, of whom 107 are respirators.
The death toll from the plague stands at 8,124 people Yesterday no one died.
The coefficient of infection stands at 0.89, the same coefficient that was yesterday.
The number of recipients of the booster dose (the third vaccine) is 3,996,567 and most likely today the four million line of the booster dose will be crossed.
This is because the daily immunization rate is about 5,000.
There are currently four red localities in Israel - Talmon, Abu Korinat (tribe), Beit She'an and a restaurant.
Also, orange settlements.
But all the big cities in the country are green.
About 60 percent of patients or carriers today are under the age of 20.