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Ministry of Health: The passengers of the bus on which the new strain was validated must be tested and enter isolation
Verified for the Omicron variant returned from Malawi and traveled by bus from Tel Aviv to Eilat on Monday last week.
According to the Ministry of Health, passengers must approach as soon as possible and be tested in a PCR test at one of the test sites and enter isolation until a negative test result is obtained.
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Meirav Cohen
Sunday, 28 November 2021, 11:47 Updated: 12:03
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In the video: Bennett refers at the cabinet meeting to the new restrictions following the discovery of the Omicron variant (Photo: Roni Kanfo)
The Ministry of Health issued a statement today (Sunday) in which it called on all passengers of the bus in which the verified Omicron was staying to perform a PCR test and at the same time enter the isolation until a negative result is obtained.
The verified variant of the Omicron returned from Malawi and traveled by bus from Tel Aviv to Eilat on Monday last week on Egged's bus line 390, which departed at 14:30 from Tel Aviv Central Station (6th floor) in the direction of Eilat.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Health, passengers should approach as soon as possible and be tested in a PCR test at one of the test sites and enter isolation until a negative test result is obtained.
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Corona testing laboratory in the center of the country, last week (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Meanwhile, the Knesset's Constitution Committee convened this morning for an emergency discussion to attack the government's decisions from last night, as part of the measures to curb the entry of the variant into Israel. At the same time, in assessing the situation of the Ministry of Health, Rosh was informed that five new suspects had been discovered that had occurred in the variant. Two of them are children between 11 and 13 years old.
"These are critical days", said the Prime debate the Public Health Services in the Ministry of Health Dr. Sharon Alrai Price. "At this point the horse has not escaped the barn, but if we can not stop chains of infection within two weeks, our situation probably will not be good."
Alrai Price called the omicron, the new variant discovered in South Africa, "very disturbing." She said it was a strain with abnormal mutations. "Because there are so many mutations, it is possible to identify the variant even without flooring, but with the help of a special PCR test."
The most serious figure cited by Elrai-Price relates to the mortality rate in South Africa, which has doubled in recent days, she said.
However, she said, "it happens sometimes in the south of the continent."
Elrai Price (Photo: Flash 90, Olivier Fitoussi)
Elrai Price also referred to the difficulty of locating tourists after entering the country, and said that this is the reason why the Ministry of Health wanted to prevent tourists from entering the country in the next two weeks.
Elrai Price also noted the difficulty of reaching the passengers of the bus to Eilat where the verified patient traveled in the Omicron variant.
"We need to find them surgically and quickly, and that's possible with the help of the postures."
Elrai Price also updated that the woman in whose home the sick tourist was staying did not become infected in Corona, and that there is no need for a mass examination of the residents of Eilat.
Regarding the Miss Universe pageant, which was announced today to take place in Israel despite recent developments, Elrai Price said: "This is one of the international events that the State of Israel is proud of and has invested a lot of time in. We are currently building an outline for this.
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