As of today (Wednesday), two verified persons who were exposed to the Omicron variant have been identified in Israel: a verified vaccine in Astraznica who returned from Malawi and a verified person vaccinated in a Pfizer booster who returned from South Africa.
There are currently suspicions of 17 cases of exposure to the new strain, however it should be noted that the paving results have not yet been received.
Of those individuals suspected of being verified variants, 14 were unprotected (unvaccinated, recovering half a year after recovery, and vaccinated in a second dose six months after vaccination) and three were fully vaccinated.
10 of them returned from abroad or came in contact with a person who came from abroad and seven have not been abroad recently.
The team of experts determined by a decisive majority: Vaccination of children aged 11-5 against Corona should be recommended // Photo: Gil Kramer
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health this evening released the picture of the spread of the corona virus as of 5:33 p.m.
According to the data, 345 new carriers have been identified in Israel so far, which is 0.68 percent of 88,169 new tests.
Yesterday, 571 new carriers were identified in Israel, which is 0.64 percent out of 151,505 new tests.
The number of active carriers in Israel stands at 5,538 people - of whom 115 are hospitalized in critical condition and 66 are respirators.
The coefficient of infection remains unchanged at 1.02.
The death toll from the plague stands at 8,199 people when two people died yesterday.
The average daily death rate is three people.
The number of Israelis infected with the virus since the outbreak of the corona is 1,344,103 people.
The number of recipients of the first vaccine dose is 6,339,189 people, the number of recipients of the second dose is 5,777,367 and the number of recipients of the booster dose is 4,084,328.
The daily immunization rate is about 15,000 people, with the main increase being the number of recipients of the first vaccine, ie children under the age of 11.
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