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In addition to a record number of vaccines, the majority of new infections to date have been identified in Israel, news portal Ynetio Ahronot ynet reported on Wednesday.
There is a race against time in the country, To combat the growing epidemic, more and more people are vaccinated to ensure the protection of vulnerable groups in particular.
On Tuesday, 152,000 people, mostly over the age of 60, were vaccinated with the first dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine. With them, the number of vaccinated in the country of about 9 million has already increased to 635 thousand.
In an interview with ynet, Epidemiological Commissioner Nathan As expressed concern that the pace of the vaccination campaign could slow down if the next shipment of vaccines does not arrive before the deadline set so far.
According to the commissioner, the third national quarantine that began on Sunday is not strict enough, traffic on the roads is almost “normal”, people go to work and educational institutions are open. Based on this, the short term will not last the two weeks announced in advance, but a month, he said.
“I am definitely concerned, based on what we have seen in the media, this short circuit is not close enough and will not achieve its goals. The number of infected and serious patients identified is increasing,” warned As, who It is expected to tighten or prolong the short circuit.
The third national quarantine, announced two weeks ago, began in the country on Sunday afternoon in response to the deterioration of epidemiological data to prevent a further spread of the infection.
Health Minister Juli Edelstein has announced the end of two weeks of mandatory quarantine for returnees from abroad in “crown hotels”. This regulation was introduced last week in the wake of the particularly rapid spread of the ‘British mutant virus’, but since then serological tests of virus carriers have shown that this mutant has been circulating in Israel for approximately three months and thus Therefore, he has not been able to avoid the emergency procedure.
By running 99,126 tests Tuesday, 5,538 new coronavirus infections were identified, a rate of 5.7 percent. The last time that many new carriers were found in one day was in early October, at the time of the second shutdown.
Since March, 414,447 people have been infected with the coronavirus. Currently, 40,929 active infections are registered on the website of the Ministry of Health. 3,292 people have died from the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus since February. Currently, 1,031 patients are treated in hospitals, 609 of whom are in serious condition and 154 people have been connected to a ventilator. (MTI)
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