Ilana Gens, head of the public health services’ headquarters, said this morning (Sunday) in the Knesset’s Constitution Committee that: “We currently have one flight from the United States with 17 verified passengers on the same flight.”
Referring to the committee members’ demand to publish the countries in advance to allow preparation, she said: “There are many hundreds of patients from abroad who came to us, we understand the difficulty, and we try through published publications to publish the list of countries, even if they have not yet entered the list of red countries. , Give advance notice of an increase in morbidity in those countries. I recommend following media reports. “
She added: “Some of the countries we have not yet uploaded have data on expectations for closures and more. A new list will go up for a cabinet meeting today and reach the Constitution Committee. Among others the United States and Canada, continent countries that are very complex to look at as one piece. “Most people from the United States return to Israel from central points like New York or Los Angeles. We try to do this in as focused a way as possible.”
Additional data she provided: “14 out of 46 verified omicrons from the UAE. In the UK they crossed the 30%, over 10K verified per day for omicrons. The UK does a lot of testing and tilts all the positive cases. Also in Ireland over 10%.”
Advocate Tal Fox from the Ministry of Health’s Legal Bureau said: “We will soon issue the official recommendation of the Ministry of Health, which will be subject to the approval of the government and the Knesset. Turkey is also expected to be included in the coming days. “
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