The head of the response to the Israeli coronavirus, Nachman Ash, announced on Sunday that those who received the second dose of vaccine will have to wait a week after the puncture and then be able to skip the closure.
In addition, they will not have to be in quarantine, even if they have direct contact with an infected person. To this end, the Israeli government has prepared a database with all those who have been vaccinated and who will receive a certificate, a green passport, with which they will enjoy greater freedom of movement.
Long queues were reported at vaccination centers on Sunday, as people over the age of 45 were able to get vaccinated. The goal is to get 200,000 vaccinations a day in a week, said Ash from the Israeli daily Yedioth Aharonoth.
However, he warned of the stress of the health system, with 1,200 seriously ill patients, 270 of whom are connected to the respiratory tract. The occupancy of the floor is 85%.
“We have reached a record of serious cases and as long as the numbers remain so high, we cannot finish the closure and we will even have to extend it for another week,” he said. “I hope that another week will be enough and that important decisions can be made. We are in a battle that costs lives and suffering,” he argued.
On Thursday, nearly two million of the 9.5 million Israelis had been vaccinated, more than 25%, the highest vaccination rate in the world. The United Arab Emirates is at 17%, Bahrain at 6%, the United Kingdom at 5.4% and the United States at 3.7%.
On Saturday, the Ministry of Health reported 6,815 new infections and 33 deaths for a total of 541,864 cases and 3,943 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.