On the way to 10,000 verified per day: The Ministry of Health is discussing changing the outline of the tests

By midnight, some 6,500 new verified viruses had been diagnosed, and forecasts predicted even higher numbers in the coming days.

The Ministry of Health is currently discussing a special outline that will ease the congestion at the testing complexes.

Among the options raised: Self-tests in verified homes and workplaces

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03/01/2022

Monday, 03 January 2022, 20:07 Updated: 20:20

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In the video: Projector says at briefing that we are in a combined wave and that there is no policy of mass infection (Photo: GPO)

The Ministry of Health is discussing tonight (Monday) a special outline that will ease the congestion in the testing complexes.

This, following the expectation of an increase in the number of verified, and also after thousands of Israelis have arrived in recent days at the test complexes in Corona scattered throughout the country and encountered huge queues.

By midnight, some 6,500 new verified viruses had been diagnosed, and forecasts predicted even higher numbers in the coming days.

Earlier, Corona projector Prof. Salman Zarka referred to the long queues at the test sites and said that "long queues are part of a wave. We are considering allowing tests in the workplace, especially in essential services such as police and IPS." ".

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Corona test in Jerusalem, today (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)

Prof. Zarqa noted that "the vaccine is less effective against the omicron strain, but it still protects against a serious disease."

The projector added that we are in a "combined breed" of variant Delta and Omicron.

Zarqa recommended that at-risk populations be vaccinated for the fourth time, although he stressed that "the information we have about the effectiveness of the vaccine is limited. Nevertheless, we are in favor."

The projector noted that there is a possibility that those infected with the delta will also be infected with the Omicron strain.

"We do not know the quality of this strain. We want to allow as much of a life routine as possible, but to be adapted to the big wave before us," the projector added.

"We really want to protect the children, and especially we do not know what the omicron means in front of the children, especially when we receive reports of child hospitalizations. When we saw that the morbidity in the country increased, we realized that the restrictions were unnecessary. They will come to Israel. "

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