Health Ministry urges Israelis to avoid unnecessary trips abroad amid pandemic
Israelis who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who have recovered from the disease are also recommended not to leave the country to avoid importing new COVID variants capable of breaking through vaccine protection
Adir Yanko |
Published: 04.22.21 , 19:40
The Health Ministry on Thursday issued a travel warning asking all Israelis to avoid unnecessary trips abroad amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The warning focuses on seven countries experiencing severe coronavirus outbreaks: Ukraine, Ethiopia, Brazil, South Africa, India, Mexico and Turkey. However, flights to these countries will continue operating.
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Israelis at a cafe in Tel Aviv, on April 07, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
Israel will be fully reopened in a month if there is no new sudden rise in contagion as the country moves to return the education system towards normal, coronavirus czar Nachman Ash said Thursday.
“We want to see that the return to studies does not cause a rise in contagion,” Ash told Channel 13 news after government ministers voted to further ease coronavirus restrictions at schools.
“We are talking about a few weeks only if the current rates are maintained,” he said. “We want to get past the (recently completed) Passover holidays and see that there are no infections in the actual schools.”
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Students wearing face masks go to school in Yad Mordechai, March 7, 2021 (Flash90)
Government ministers on Thursday voted to further ease coronavirus restrictions at schools, scrapping the requirement that fourth graders learn in smaller class sizes.
Ministers also ended the requirement for students to present a health declaration signed by their parents to enter the classroom, while allowing universities and colleges to hold all tests in-person.
Other changes included lowering the percentage of 11th and 12th graders who must be vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 to hold full classes from 90% to 65%; allowing for the mixing of “capsules” during physical education courses and extracurricular activities outdoors; and permitting more students at vocational schools to attend in-person classes.
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