On Tuesday, on June 15, the Israeli authorities completely abolished the requirements for wearing protective masks in indoor public places, such as banks and supermarkets, and abandoned vaccination within the country, since the level of contamination of the coronavirus fell to minimum digits. Outdoor mask mode has been canceled earlier. Reports about it The Telegraph.
“Green Pass” – a vaccine passport that allows you to visit bars, restaurants and other cultural institutions, – was canceled on June 1 after Israeli officials from the Ministry of Health found it unnecessary. In the pass, it was stated that a citizen made vaccination from COVID-19, and the documents were displayed in a special mobile application so that the establishments were convenient to scan them. For a while only on Green Passing, there were citizens in a number of public places.
During the last two weeks, the Israelis could freely attend weddings, bars, cinemas, concerts and other places of mass accumulation of people, but did not increase the number of coronavirus infected. The publication notes that this can be facilitated by the fact that today about 60 percent of Israelis has passed a complete vaccination from COVID-19, among people over 50 years old percentage reached 90 percent.
“is now completely clear that in Israel there is practically no circulation of the COVID-19 virus, but we must not forget that in Israel there are still among the most stringent travel rules in the world,” said Professor Michael Edelstein, the epidemiologist from the university bar -Lelan.
Indeed, the Israelites wishing to visit countries with a high risk of infection, such as India and Brazil, must submit a special petition before they are allowed to travel, which is happening in exceptional cases. The publication notes that it is equivalent to the actual ban on foreign trips, if only a citizen is not burdened by special circumstances. Also, all arriving guests from the “Higher Risk” countries must comply with the required 14-day quarantine, even if they have passed a complete vaccination from coronavirus and have a government permit. Travelers from a reduced risk zones can avoid quarantine if valid vaccination or recovery certificates are present.
Also, the Israelis, who recovered from COVID-19, are not eligible for the immediate production of the vaccine, which allows local officials to focus on those who are subject to greater risk of infection. As for the question of the Indian strain of COVID-19 – it is also called the “delta version”, which is 40-60 percent of the incidental other strains, then Israel does not see concerns in it, because there is practically no travel between the Jewish state and India.
“We had several cases of the” delta version “, but because of very strict trips restrictions, we did not observe the distribution of this option,” said Professor Edelstein.