The new measures will last at least two weeks. However, the cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to extend them for another few weeks, writes the DPA agency. One of the criteria for relaxing the measure is a drop in the daily increase in new infections below 1000. Now the tests will detect around 3500 cases a day.
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As with the last lockdown, which ended in mid-October, Israelis are not allowed to walk more than a mile from home, they are not allowed to enter homes where they do not live, shops are closed, cultural events are canceled and restaurants are only allowed to run a delivery service. Public transport only works halfway, public events are limited to 20 people outside and 10 people inside.
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Schools remained open.
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Across the country, 380 night checkpoints have been set up to monitor compliance. During the day, there will be 21 stations performing random checks on drivers.
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Israeli police are conducting an inspection as part of the third area lockdown.
Foto: Amir Cohen, Reuters
Israel has also tightened the conditions for entry, in connection with the spread of a new, more contagious strain of coronavirus. According to the local Ministry of Health, the mutation discovered in England has also been shown in some Israeli patients.
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The share of positive cases is less than five percent
Israel, with a population of about nine million, performed 72,763 tests on Sunday alone. Of these, 3,498 people had coronavirus, and the proportion of positive tests is 4.9 percent.
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In the Czech Republic, 3,732 more were infected on Sunday, but only 9,640 tests were performed, so the share of positive tests was an incomparable 38.7 percent. In Israel, however, Sunday is a working day, the first day of the week.
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So far, 3,226 people have been infected in Israel.
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Netanyahu: Thanks to the vaccination, it will be over in a month
Israel began vaccinating the population last week. According to Monday’s data from the Ministry of Health, almost 380,000 people have received a two-phase vaccine, preferably health professionals and Israelis over 60 years of age.
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About 70,000 people now receive the vaccine every day, up to 150,000 a day by next weekend. 24-hour vaccination centers also help.
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The country could be released from the coronavirus crisis within 30 days of the risk groups being vaccinated, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday night.
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If Israel really manages to overcome the epidemic by March, the prime minister could win the votes of voters in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Netanyahu, who also faces allegations of corruption, is fighting for political survival and has been criticized in the past for his approach to fighting coronavirus, Reuters reports.
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