Against the background of global concern about the new Corona variant and the steps decided upon by the government:
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and senior Ministry of Health officials are currently holding a press conference on the steps to deal with the Omicron variant.
Live broadcast from the press conference of Health Minister Horowitz // Photo: GPO
As you may recall, the Corona cabinet last night approved the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health's proposals to deal with the new strain "Omicron".
According to the outline, the entry of foreigners into Israel will be banned, vaccinated returning from abroad will enter 72 hours of isolation subject to a negative PCR test, and non-vaccinated returning to Israel will be required to complete two weeks isolation which they can shorten after one week subject to further negative testing. Internal where more than 50 people.
The team of experts presented to the members of the Committee of Ministers its position that the vaccine for corona is more important than ever at this stage, in order to protect public health from serious illness, against the background of the Omicron variant (South African), which is causing panic in the world.
It was also decided to close inbound tourism to Israel from all countries, after reopening after almost two years only at the beginning of last November.
PM Bennett at the opening of the Corona Cabinet meeting, Photo: Kobi Gideon - GPO
Earlier, Prime Minister Bennett signed emergency regulations regarding the use of cellular locators to be used by the GSS to locate verified "Omicron" strains, in order to locate the verified and thus interrupt the transmission chains. The decision will be valid until next Thursday, the 2nd. At midnight in December, this coincides with the advancement of the legislative process on the subject.
It was further decided that the use of spotters would be limited only to the verified in the new breed and it is not a widespread and sweeping use for all verified, as was done in the previous waves of morbidity.
In addition, the GSS will not deal with the enforcement of isolation rules. This decision is limited in time and will be re-examined daily. In the event of a widespread outbreak of illness, the use of GSS targets will be stopped.
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