Lockdown in Israel – authorities cancel mandatory wearing of masks on the street

The minister noted that masks protect people from coronavirus. However, the conclusions of experts that masks are no longer needed in the fresh air, their mandatory wearing on the street has been canceled. “Thanks to vaccinations, the incidence rate in Israel is low, and this has made a new relief possible. Citizens of Israel, I still ask you to wear masks when entering enclosed spaces,” he added.

Edelstein stressed that thanks to vaccination, the country approached herd immunity and this allowed Israel to celebrate recent holidays with virtually no restrictions and risks of a new wave of infections.

According to the country’s Ministry of Health, a total of 836,699 have been identified in Israel since the start of the pandemic. Over the past day, the number of new infections has decreased to 219 from 390 at the end of March.

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