Prof. Ash: There is a risk in shortening the isolation days, the burdens on the hospitals are large

The director general of the Ministry of Health said in an interview on 103FM that "we have more capacity to receive patients in hospitals but it has a price." Ash estimated that the peak of morbidity in the omicron strain is approaching: To him, about a week away "

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18/01/2022

Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 07:41 Updated: 07:59

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The amount of insulation that weighs on the economy.

Queue for antigen testing (Photo: Shai Makhlouf)

The day before the new isolation plan came into force - the director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, commented on 103FM on the consequences of shortening the isolation and the possibility of the closure of the hospitals. Before the time, this is also the case in this case, "said Prof. Ash, explaining that the decision was made due to the large number of verified and isolated, which he said

" burdens the economy. "

The patients, however, have prices for which we will slowly have to reduce other activities. "

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"Even today there are a lot of potential contaminants out there," the health ministry director general warned, detailing the safety measures taken at the ministry - tests and guidelines. Looking at the whole picture, the addition of the disease (in short the isolations) in my estimation is not great.

It exists, but it is not big. "

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