Horowitz on the South African variant: "The situation is under control and there is no reason to panic" - Walla! news

2021-11-28T15:59:37.169Z

The Minister of Health and the top of the ministry have issued a statement on the issue of dealing with the Omicron, ahead of regulations that will take effect at midnight. "Prepare for such a scenario. Our policy has been and will remain 'living alongside the corona'." The Minister emphasized the importance of the vaccine and defended the decision to activate the GSS's: "Temporary and controlled operation"

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Horowitz on the South African variant: "The situation is under control and there is no reason to panic"

The Minister of Health and the top of the ministry have issued a statement on the issue of dealing with the Omicron, ahead of regulations that will take effect at midnight.

"Prepare for such a scenario. Our policy has been and will remain 'living alongside the corona'."

The Minister emphasized the importance of the vaccine and defended the decision to activate the GSS's: "Temporary and controlled operation"

The government has approved the use of GSS targets for the fight against the Omicron variant

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"The goal is to reduce morbidity with the intention of living next to the corona" (Photo: Reuven Castro)

"The vaccine is critical in the situation of the new variant. It is a hard mistake to wait. In any case, it is better to meet this variant or the delta that is already vaccinated and protected," he clarified. "We prepared for such a scenario and we are ready for it. We came out of the assumption that a new variant would arrive and we prepared well for it. Thanks to that, we located this variant - and we were the first in the world to identify it."

According to him, the entry of foreigners and tourists into Israel will be stopped, so that the regulations will be similar to those that existed until two weeks ago, in order to "temporarily reduce the number of people entering the country." "It is impossible to prevent variants from entering Israel, what can be prevented is the spread of the variety in Israel and paralysis of the economy and leisure in Israel"

"Immediately upon locating the new variety in Israel, we took a series of immediate steps. His, "he said, adding that" the situation is handled with professionalism on an international scale. "

Worried about those who were not vaccinated.

Dr. Elrai Price (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The head of public health services, Dr. Sharon Elrai Price, noted that the ministry is concerned about the unvaccinated, including "those who did not receive a booster, children and those who did not receive a single dose and are recovering." We are trying not to close what should not be closed. "The

director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, added that the red states were determined according to the fear of a dangerous variant, including countries that do not make floors for virus-confirmed.

On the other hand, countries with multiple connections such as the United Arab Emirates and Turkey have not been registered as red by the hour: "We monitor the morbidity from there, we have no basis to decide that there is a special morbidity and therefore we have not introduced them to red states."

The new regulations will take effect at midnight

Earlier, the Knesset's Constitution Committee convened for an emergency debate to attack the government's decisions from last night, as part of measures to curb the entry of the Omicron. At the same time, the Ministry of Health's assessment of the situation revealed that five new suspected suspects had been discovered that had occurred in the variant. Two of them are children between 11 and 13 years old.

From midnight, isolation will apply to all those landing in the country, who are vaccinated, recovering and not vaccinated. In addition, everyone will be required to undergo two PCR tests - the first of which will be conducted as usual at Ben Gurion Airport. The Ministry of Transportation has also announced that public transportation from Ben Gurion Airport will be stopped.

Returns from red countries will require one week of isolation, when they first move from Ben Gurion Airport to the hotel. Upon receiving a negative result of the first test or at the end of 24 hours, they will continue to home isolation during which further testing will be required. Additional on the third day.Unvaccinated will be required for one week isolation subject to two tests.

At midnight the new regulations will take effect.

Ben Gurion Airport (Photo: Reuven Castro)

At the same time, the government approved the use of GSS targets to locate contacts of those diagnosed with the new strain. Ministers Gideon Saar, Eli Avidar and Yifat Shasha Bitton voted against GSS targets, while Ministers Tamar Zandberg, Issawi Farage and Karin Elharar abstained.

The locations will be activated by virtue of emergency protection regulations until midnight Thursday.

The coalition intends to promote the activation of the placements in rapid legislation this week.

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Horowitz on the South African variant: "The situation is under control and there is no reason to panic" - Walla! news

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