Israel reimposes the use of interior masks

In his first intervention from the regrowth of the coronavirus in two schools in the cities of Modiin and Binyamina and the increase in cases in recent days throughout the country, the new head of Israeli government, Naftali Bennett, had requested its citizensNew masks in interior spaces.

The growing trend of daily infections, originated by the Delta variant, has continued upwards since then and what was a recommendation has become an obligation.Israel has reimposed the mandatory use of interior masks, the announcement comes exactly ten days after the obligation to carry masks in closed spaces in Israel.Two months ago the outdoor obligation lifted.

From that mandatory, those under 7, disabled, who are alone in the closed place, employees who work in the same room and the people who are doing a sports activity are exempt from that mandatory, who are doing a sports activity.

"This mutation infects much faster than the original virus.Another characteristic of Delta is that it also infects vaccinated people.The vaccine still has a very significant and important effect but despite this one can be vaccinated and infected, "said Bennett at Ben Gurion airport, the Achilles heel of the defensive system against the virus in the last month.Hence, from now on, the use of masks in Israel's main entrance door is mandatory again.

Of the 123 contagios, 78 were from students of Modiin (center) and Binyamina (north).In this last town, the epidemiological origin is a family that returned from Chipre vacation with the Delta variant.Finally, Bennett asked not to travel abroad "if not necessary" and encouraged the vaccination of children from 12 years "as soon as possible" revealing that Wednesday would vaccinate their children.Since the detection of these outbreaks in schools this original variant in India has extended by Israel and, in a high percentage, between vaccinated.

Israel reimpone el uso de mascarillas en interiores

The positive and hopeful note of recent days is that most new cases are mild, the number of serious patients in general since the beginning of the pandemic is limited to 26 and there are no mortality cases for eight days.

However, there is some concern in the new rotation government, formed by right -wing parties, center and an Arab, and invested on June 13.An unequivocal proof is the announcement on Tuesday to reactivate the 'Cronevirus Cabinet' that had stopped working thanks to the massive and successful vaccination in Israel.For weeks, 85% of its adult population is vaccinated with the two doses of Pfizer, which allowed the almost full return to normal.

The national coordinator of Pandemia, Nachman Ash, declared that he does not believe that the country is in a fourth wave of infections, but supported the measure by the increase in the positivity rate and the number of cases, which exceeds those of April,month with the most infected cans.

Health registered a total of 227 new infections in 24 hours, after a week marked by a significant increase above the hundred that has raised the positivity ratio of 0.1 % to 0.6 %, reports EFE.

The new Israeli prime minister, Naftali Benet, also postponed until August 1 the entrance of tourists to the country, which was scheduled for July 1, and advanced the possibility of reimposing restrictions to contain the infections.

The country keeps its borders external to tourists closed since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, which began to relieve at the end of May for vaccinated groups with prior authorization, in order to avoid the mutations that have broken into the epidemological situationof the country, controlled until two weeks ago.


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