At the cabinet meeting, the experts presented a nightmare scenario according to which in two weeks there will be one million active corona patients in Israel. 90% of those hospitalized because of Corona – infected with the Delta strain, but the Ministry of Health estimates that the trend will change
At the cabinet meeting held tonight (Thursday), the experts presented to Prime Minister Bennett and the ministers a scenario according to which in two weeks there will be one million active corona patients in Israel. So published In the evening news here 11.
There are currently about 76,000 active patients in Israel, and according to experts advising the Corona Cabinet – this number will skyrocket in the near future due to the characteristics of the Omicron strain and perhaps as mentioned we will even cross the million active verified in Israel.
Earlier today, the Ministry of Health recommended that the government remove the last red countries from the list, on the grounds that less than 5% of those infected in Israel came from abroad. “We still recommend avoiding unnecessary flights. The morbidity is high all over the world and these transitions are a risk factor for infections, “said the director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash.
Ash also said apart from the eruption of the omicron, an eruption of the delta strain can be detected: “Most severe patients are delta but as the wave progresses it is estimated that the omicron will intensify.” It was also reported that of the total number of patients hospitalized in hospitals, 90% were infected with the Delta strain.