Against the background of the increase in the number of people infected with Corona and Omicron, Corona Projector, Prof. Salman Zarqa, There is today (Monday) a press briefing. In his opening remarks, he clarified that “the omicron leads to a rapid increase in morbidity, the coefficient of infection increases, unfortunately the wave will lead to many verified in a short period of time, but is less violent than the delta.”
He stressed that the delta wave is not over, and therefore it is a combined wave. “This wave is very dynamic,” Zarqa added, “it has elements of uncertainty.” He explained that in view of the characteristics of the variant, there would be no significance to slight restrictions, and therefore the government does not take such restrictions.
“It is important that we can go through this wave at a lower cost of morbidity and mortality, along with the continued operation of the economy,” Zarqa said. It noted, however, that the current rate of infection could lead to damage to the vital economy as well as school closures.
Asked if the government is promoting a policy of mass infection, he replied: “We have no such policyWe do not know what the effects are And no one has promised that the current wave is the latest“.
Commenting on the morbidity of the schools, he said: “In the primary schools the government has transferred 230 Corona trustees, and we have trained them so that they can perform antigen and PCR tests. We are formulating a policy that even in primary schools they will perform antigen tests without going elsewhere To the students and the teaching staff. “
The Corona projector noted that in light of the congestion in the testing complexes, the possibility of antigen testing in workplaces, the police and other vital places is being considered together with the Manufacturers’ Association.
Recall that according to data from the Ministry of Health, as published this morning, 6,562 people have been diagnosed with the virus in the last day, and the percentage of positive tests yesterday was 4.83%.
Earlier today, at a weekly Meretz faction meeting, the health minister tried Nitzan Horowitz Reassure the public, claiming that we will overcome the current wave. “We are adapting guidelines and changing them, because data are constantly coming in regarding the behavior of the omicron,” the minister said, “there is no room for terror, the apocalyptic scenarios are unnecessary to the public.”
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