The Ministry of Health said that today (Sunday), 15 new verified vertebrae were identified in the omicron. To date, 67 verified persons have been identified in Israel. 44 of its nations are from South Africa, England, France, USA, UAE, Hungary, Italy, Namibia and Turkey.
14 verified that are contacts of returnees from South Africa, England and France while 9 in the community (3 events).
Of those 67 verified: 13 unprotected (unvaccinated, recovering half a year after recovery, and vaccinated in a second dose half a year after vaccination) and 54 protected. There is a high suspicion of another 80 cases of Lorient Omicron exposure for which the paving results have not yet been received.
Of the total verified and “high suspicion” (147) there are 54 with symptoms, 88 without symptoms and 5 in the examination process.
The Ministry of Health clarified today that contrary to data published yesterday, there is no evidence that Corona is in a difficult situation. The patient he was talking about yesterday is a patient in Delta and not Omicron. Also yesterday 17 new verified were identified and not as published. The office apologized for the mistake.
At the same time, the Committee for the Classification of Countries in the Ministry of Health recommended that the government declare Britain and Denmark as red states. The decision will take effect on the night between Wednesday and Thursday at midnight, subject to government approval.
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In another examination conducted tonight, it was found that Belgium is borderline and does not meet the criteria of a red state. Therefore, at this stage, there will be no special restrictions on entry and exit from this country. However, to the attention of passengers, the prevalence of omicrons in Belgium is on the rise and therefore there may be changes in the guidelines in the coming days.
These countries will be added to the existing countries in the list of red countries:
Uganda, Seychelles, Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Aswatini, Botswana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Benin, Ghana, Gabon, Djibouti, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, South Africa, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo , Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo (Congo Brasville), Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Tanzania, Liberia, Lesotho, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Nigeria, Niger, Namibia, Namibia And Principe, Somalia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, St Helena (UK), Chad, Comoros, Cape Verde, Kenya, Cameroon, Reunion (France), Rwanda.
A red state is a state to which entry is prohibited except with an exceptional permit, and all returnees from a red state will be charged with full isolation.
All returnees will be charged with isolation in a hotel on behalf of the state, until a negative result is obtained in the PCR test they performed at the entrance to Israel. After receiving a negative result, they will be allowed to complete the period of isolation in their home, as long as they declare that no one other than them lives or stays in the home.
Orange countries – all other countries in the world that are not red. An orange country is a country with a severe travel warning, and the Ministry of Health recommends that the public avoid traveling to these countries.