With the so-called green passport, vaccinated and cured from covid-19 will be able to go to gyms, hotels, bars, theaters or sports matches. According to Health Minister Juli Edelstein, this affects more than 3.2 million people.
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Today’s dismantling, which comes exactly one year after the first case of a new coronavirus infection was detected, is part of the government’s economic recovery plan.
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“The Green Passport will gradually reopen the country,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night. According to Reuters, further easing is to follow in March, when early parliamentary elections will take place.
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Israel is one of the most successful countries in the world in terms of speed of vaccination against covid-19. About 9 percent of the population has vaccinated about 45 percent of the population with at least one dose so far, and about a third of Israelis have already received both.
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In Israel, anyone vaccinated against covid-19 can apply for a vaccination card online one week after receiving the second vaccine. Holders of this document are then entitled to a green passport, they can apply for it, among other things, via a special mobile application.
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Shopping centers, museums, libraries and tabernacles also opened for the unvaccinated. But people still have to wear veils and follow the rules of spacing. Primary and secondary schools opened for the following years.
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Infection rates remain relatively high in Israel, but have been steadily declining in recent weeks. The Israeli authorities have so far recorded over 740,000 cases of new coronavirus infection and around 5,500 covid-19-related deaths. After a total of three announced closures, Netanyahu’s government promised that the fourth would not happen.
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