Prof. Zarqa: The amount of infections is higher than the famous one, closure has not dropped from the chapter

According to the Corona projector, it is likely that there are people who do not know that they have been infected with the virus or have not reported it - and the main risk is towards people over 60.

He added that due to the burden created on the hospitals following the isolation of medical staff, a reduction in outpatient services in medical centers was being considered.

Meirav Cohen

13/01/2022

Thursday, 13 January 2022, 15:55 Updated: 17:06

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Live broadcast from a briefing by the Corona projector, Prof. Salman Zarqa (Photo: GPO)

Corona projector Prof. Salman Zarqa said today (Thursday) that he does not know whether a closure will be announced following the high morbidity figures. This goes on to say that the number of people infected with corona is higher than the data presented by the Ministry of Health. "The wave we are in continues to come," he clarified. "It is likely that the number of those infected is greater, when there are those who do not know that they have been infected - or have not reported it." He added despite the growing morbidity, "The Ministry of Health has no policy of mass infection or seizure of herd immunity. We are at a stage where restricting crowds will not change the spread of the plague."

According to Zarqa, "The main danger is for patients over the age of 60. Most severe patients are 60 years old who do not have a valid vaccine. A quarter of the population over the age of 60 received a fourth vaccine, but there are more than 100,000 people over 60 who did not receive a third vaccine. .

The project manager added that due to the burden created on the hospitals following the isolation of medical staff, a reduction in outpatient services in medical centers was being considered.

He added that despite the high presence of the Omicron strain, the Delta strain is also present in the morbidity analysis - which is also affected by influenza.

"It is important that we maintain personal hygiene and stay away from others as much as possible. People who do not feel well - it is better to stay at home.

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Corona projector Prof. Salman Zarka (Photo: Reuven Castro)

As for the PCR tests, Zarqa said that a plan is being developed to improve the array.

"We produce priority for at-risk populations, separate routes to get an answer as quickly as possible to this population. The rest of the population is asked to use the antigen. We are looking at increasing sampling in the periphery as well. As the wave grows, we will have to rethink the allocation of budgets. "

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

Today, the decision of the Ministry of Health came into force that the isolation period for verified patients will be shortened to only seven days, if no symptoms of the disease appear in the last three days.

If such symptoms do appear during this time period, patients will be required to complete ten days of isolation, as has been the case so far.

The Ministry of Health made the decision based on a study conducted with the participation of about 80 verified patients infected with the omicron strain, who were examined once every two days.

The results of the study show that the chance of developing a live virus after seven days is only 6%.

The data were presented to the IDF (the epidemiological team), and he in turn recommended the move to the Ministry of Health.

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