There is growing concern about the Omicron:
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is trying to promote a series of significant restrictions, some of which are unprecedented in Israel, on those who have not yet been vaccinated.
This is in light of the accumulation of disturbing data about the variant from the world.
The head of public health services at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price, is trying to promote a series of restrictions at Ben Gurion Airport in the coming days, including the declaration of the entire continent of Europe as red.
According to senior sources, the prime minister supports this policy, but this has not yet been decided.
At the same time, Bennett is pushing to impose new restrictions on civilians who have not yet been vaccinated.
Among other things, the possibility of returning the green label to malls, increasing enforcement of the green label in all businesses and also requiring the unvaccinated to finance their own stay in the isolation hotels are being examined.
It is estimated that in view of the growing fear of the possibility of a rapid outbreak of disease in Israel, a discussion of these measures will take place at the beginning of this week.
Prime Minister Bennett, Photo: GPO
Meanwhile, Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price confirmed in "News 12" that discussions are taking place about the possibility of closing Europe to the entry of Israelis. "The morbidity in Europe is very widespread, even in countries we do not know.
We are therefore in discussions about this and will be updated on which countries are red and we do not want them to travel there. "
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke tonight with the directors and chairmen of the HMOs in order to increase the rate of immunization against the corona. The Prime Minister has the status of immunization at each fund, and ways to expand the scope of immunization, which are insufficient at this stage, have been discussed.
"Our national strategy at this stage consists of two bricks - the first is to delay the penetration of the Omicron strain into Israel as much as possible, and the second is to raise the level of immunity of Israeli citizens," Bennett said.
"The rate of spread of the strain is extremely high, we see the data from the world. I am concerned about this, and committed to doing everything possible to delay the rate of strain of the strain entering the country widely."
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