The Omicron variant continues to spread in Israel, and in an attempt to curb it, members of the Ministerial Committee for Dealing with the Corona Virus last night (Tuesday) approved in a telephone poll a number of changes to the Corona restrictions. Many countries have moved from red to the list of orange countries, and the education system has also undergone a number of changes.
Cabinet ministers approved the policy of reducing contacts in the education system. The new decision was made after the committee ruled that instead of January 9, the previous regulations that stipulated that first- and sixth-graders in red authorities would study through the zoom if the class had a immunization rate below 70% expired tonight. The new decision did not mention the vaccination rate.
The new procedures in the education system
- Fifth- and sixth-graders in red cities, whose class has been found to have a verified coronavirus-infected student, will move on to study contact-reduction format – online learning or open-air learning.
- First- and fourth-graders in red cities, in whose class a verified coronavirus student was discovered, will move on to learning in a reduced-contact format – online learning or outdoor learning “as much as possible,” the language of the announcement.
These decisions came into force last night at midnight and will be valid until Sunday, January 9, 2021, 4 B’Shvat 5772, and will be discussed today in the Knesset Education Committee.
Insulation for returnees from abroad
The Ministerial Committee also approved that returning passengers from red countries will perform a corona test and someone in home isolation, signing the agreement, until a negative result is obtained, in accordance with the isolation policy update yesterday, according to which vaccines exposed to verified Only until the test result is obtained.
Passengers who refuse to sign the agreement will remain in solitary confinement at the motel until the test result is received. This decision will take effect tonight at midnight, subject to the approval of the Knesset’s Constitution Committee.
Updated list of countries
Corona cabinet ministers have accepted the recommendation of the Ministry of Health’s country classification committee, according to which Mexico will be added to the list of red states. This decision will take effect tonight at midnight, subject to the approval of the Knesset’s Constitution Committee.
The committee’s recommendation was also approved to remove the following countries from the list of red countries and transfer them to the list of oranges: Italy, Uganda, Seychelles, Angola, Ireland, Aswatini, Eritrea, Botswana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Belgium, Benin, Ghana, Gabon, Djibouti , Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Germany, Denmark, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Liberia, Lesotho, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mali, Madagascar, Mozambique, Mozambique, Norway, Niger, Namibia, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Saint Helena (UK), Finland, Chad, Republic of the Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Comoros, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Kenya, Reunion ( France), Rwanda, Central African Republic, Sweden. Please note, this decision went into effect last night at midnight.