Cabinet of Experts Against Government Policy: Supports Gathering Restrictions

At a hearing yesterday, experts recommended stopping large gatherings in enclosed spaces and imposing a purple mark for a few weeks - but expressed strong opposition to the closure.

In addition, it was recommended that adults be instructed to reduce contacts and move to work from home, but not to close schools

Meirav Cohen

11/01/2022

Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 16:12 Updated: 16:39

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The Ministry of Health's expert cabinet convened yesterday against the background of the spread of the disease in the fifth wave of the Corona, and recommended not to close the schools despite the high number of isolations - but to allow hybrid learning.

It was also recommended to instruct adults in the risk groups to reduce the meetings to a minimum for a few weeks, and to move to remote work (while providing compensation).

In addition, experts have recommended imposing restrictions on large gatherings for the next few weeks and setting a purple mark for enclosed spaces in the hope of reducing the extent of the serious illness, but cautioned that there is ambiguity regarding the effectiveness of the move in the current situation.

Corona Department at Beilinson Hospital, last week (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Experts estimate that it is not possible to stop the current wave of illness, not even by drastic measures.

"A reasonable working assumption is that the wave is unstoppable, even with the help of maximum measures, including the announcement of a closure. There may be a temporary slowdown - but no stopping," the summary of the hearing said.

However, experts note that more evidence is accumulating from around the world that the omicron strain is less violent than previous corona strains.

"Data from abroad continue to demonstrate reduced omicron violence against Delta in terms of hospitalizations, and even more so - critical / respiratory patients," it read. But not to the point of collapse. "

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The Ministry of Health updated this morning that 37,887 people have been diagnosed with coronary heart disease in the last day, with the positive test rate being 11.38%, and the infection rate rising to 2.05.

Alongside these, there has been a consistent increase in the number of patients in critical condition.

The figure has increased in the past day from 223 to 247, and in total by almost 50 in two days.

The number of respirators is 59. 8,271 people have died after being infected in Corona since the outbreak of the plague in Israel.

According to the data, 148,503 people are in isolation.

The National Emergency Authority estimated last night that 10% of the labor force will be absent from the economy today, with the expectation for next week being that 30% will be forced to be absent from work.

However, according to the forecast, no significant shortage is expected in the supply of essential products to the public.

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