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Saturday's News Summary: Mall Occupancy Will Be Limited, UK Contagion Record | Israel today

2021-12-25T15:32:01.919Z


Malls will operate in the format of a purple character, according to the ratio of one person every 15 meters • Estimation in the UK: The Omicron variant is behind the eruption • The James Web telescope launched into space • A woman killed in an accident in the Galilee landscape


The Corona Cabinet has set new restrictions, a weekly Corona contagion record has been set in the UK and the James Web telescope has been launched into space, these are some of the events that took place over the weekend.

Occupancy restriction from Monday in malls has been approved

In the run-up to Shabbat, the Ministerial Committee on the Corona Virus has approved the outline of operations in malls and commercial complexes.

The regulations will take effect tomorrow subject to the decision of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation.

As part of this, it was determined that malls will operate in the format of a purple character, according to an occupancy ratio of 1:15 (one person every 15 meters).

It was further stipulated that entry to stores with an area of ​​more than 100 square meters will be allowed subject to the presentation of a green label, both in open complexes and in malls and closed shopping complexes. The green label obligation will also apply to employees in these stores. And they will not be allowed to sit but only self-collection.

UK: 1.7 million infected per week

The UK set a weekly record for the outbreak of the corona virus on Friday, with more than 1.7 million people being infected with the coronavirus last week.

This is the highest figure since the outbreak of the plague in the country.

In England more than a million and a half people became infected, one in every 25 people.

In the capital London, the largest city in the country and the focus of the outbreak of the virus, one in every 20 residents is infected with the virus.

Despite the lack of comprehensive data, experts in the country estimate that the omicron variant of the virus is behind the outbreak. 

The James Webb telescope before launch, Photo: Ai.

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The James Webb Telescope was launched into space

James Webb, the largest space telescope ever built, set out on Saturday for his extraterrestrial journey.

The $ 10 billion telescope was launched on a European Arian rocket from French Guiana off the east coast of the United States.

The venture, which began about 30 years ago, is considered one of the great scientific projects of the 21st century.

The web will replace Hubble, which was launched about three decades ago into space and provided impressive discoveries.

Innovative and bigger than ever: The James Web telescope launched into space // Photo: Reuters

Palestinian report: Settlers arrested in Tulkarm and transferred to IDF

Palestinian media reported on Friday evening that two settlers had entered Tulkarm in Judea and Samaria and had been arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces.

The mechanisms reportedly transferred two young settlers to the IDF at the entrance to the village of Azzun. Only recently did an unusual incident occur in Ramallah when a vehicle of Hasidim accidentally entered the city and was attacked by an angry mob.

Two killed in road accidents in the north

Carnage on the roads: A woman was run over to death on Saturday in the Galilee landscape.

A private vehicle hit her while she was crossing the road at a crosswalk on Derech HaEmek Street in the locality.

She was evacuated in critical condition to the Italian hospital in Nazareth, where she was pronounced dead.

Road accident investigators began investigating the incident.

The driver of the vehicle, a 39-year-old resident of Nof Hagalil, was detained for questioning.

In another case, a 22-year-old man was killed near Kibbutz Gilad in the Megiddo Regional Council, after he overturned in an open area while riding an ATV.

Tel Aviv: A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting several women

Police arrested a 26-year-old man in Tel Aviv on Friday on suspicion of assaulting several women while he was drunk last week. Today, the police will ask for an extension of his detention.

The investigation began with a report of an assault on a 55-year-old woman on Marmorek Street in the city.

The man allegedly assaulted the woman, with no prior acquaintance between the two.

Citizens who were at the scene assisted the complainant and detained the suspect until police arrived at the scene

About 70,000 hikers on Saturday

Tens of thousands of hikers visited the various sites on Saturday after the stormy and rainy week, with no more showers on the horizon.

However, the temperatures are still low and the evening and night will be particularly cold.

Deer in the Issachar Plateau, Photo: Nimrod Lahav / Nature and Parks Authority

According to the Meteo Tech forecast, the weather will continue to be colder than usual tomorrow morning as well.

Later it will be clear, there will be a slight rise in temperatures and they will be average for the season. 

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Source: israelhayom

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