Prime Minister Naftali Bennett responded tonight (Wednesday) to criticism leveled at him in recent hours after it became known that his wife and children were planning a vacation abroad, despite his recommendation last Friday not to do so. In a post he posted on his Facebook account, Bennett wrote: Rules that apply to all Israeli citizens.
"I understand the criticism, but since Friday we have learned more about the variant and in which countries it has spread, and the Corona Cabinet has made decisions about which countries are allowed to travel and under what conditions."
Bennett noted that his family travels without him and said that she "was supposed to go on holiday during the Hanukkah holiday in a country that turned out to be red. The holiday was canceled immediately, and after the new rules became clear, they booked a holiday to the country. Israel is just as important to me as my children. If I thought the situation required a hermetic closure of the sky - we would do so. , And be conducted out of proper balances on the constraints, which include isolation and further back inspection. "
Bennett with the outburst of the omicron: "Recommends not to fly abroad at the moment." Credit: GPO
Bennett also addressed other questions about Corona in the post, explaining why Ben Gurion Airport is not being closed. "During the delta wave, we established an advanced infrastructure for managing the disease. Among other things, we closed the Ben Gurion Airport breach and 100% of the landers are being examined. We are among the first countries to replace all tests with those that detect the new virus. Currently 100% of entrants are tested specifically for the Omicron variant. We acted quickly and resolutely and took steps to reduce the number of entrants and isolate everyone who entered until the inspection. At this point it is enough and there is no need to completely close Ben Gurion Airport, he said.
Regarding the new variant, he added: "We know it is probably much more contagious. Apparently a person vaccinated with the three full doses of the vaccine is much better protected from a serious illness than the unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. We know it already exists in Israel and we are in pursuit of isolating it. Other than that - we will have to wait for more information for a few more days. "
Finally, the prime minister made it clear that a closure is not expected at this stage and that he intends to "do everything possible to avoid it."
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