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Doctors stage warning strike nationwide over conditions, layoffs
Israel Medical Association says government s plans to fire 600 doctors from coronavirus wards poses a direct risk to public health; during strike, most HMOs will offer limited services, while most medical centers will work in an emergency format
Ynet |
Published: 05.10.21 , 15:31
Medical professionals on Monday staged a nationwide warning strike over what they say are unfair working conditions as well as government plans to lay off hundreds of doctors currently employed in coronavirus wards.
The strike comes amid Finance Ministry s plans to fire 600 professionals hired during the coronavirus crisis to reinforce the hospitals dedicated COVID wards.
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Israeli Green Pass holders enjoy singer Ivri Lider at a concert organized by the Tel Aviv municipality, at Bloomfield Stadium, March 5, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
The Health Ministry announced Wednesday that it will be extending the validity of the Green Pass for those vaccinated against COVID-19 or who have recovered from coronavirus, through 2021.
The pass grants holders access to certain events and venues.
A ministry statement attributed Health Minister Yuli Edelstein’s decision to the continued decline in morbidity “and the fact it appears the vaccine will protect us until at least the end of the year.”
Chezy Levy, the director-general of the ministry, said he was “happy that the vaccines protect us and allow to get back to routine,” but urged Israelis to continue to take measures such as masking indoors and social distancing.
Israel extends Green Pass for vaccinated through end of 2021
Extension, which Health Ministry says was made over continued decline in cases and projected efficacy of vaccine, comes as ministers approve increasing attendance limits at sports and culture events for Green Pass holders
Adir Yanko |
Published: 05.05.21 , 17:00
The Health Ministry announced Wednesday that it will be extending the Green Pass for those who are either vaccinated against or who recovered from coronavirus until December 2021.
The certificate grants its holders access to certain events and venues.
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A statement from the ministry said that the extension was made under the order of Health Minister Yuli Edelstein following a continued decline in morbidity and assessments that the vaccines protection can last at least until the end of the year.
PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud MK Nir Barkat, February 16, 2020.
Radio host and Maariv chief political correspondent Ben Caspit on Monday reported that former Jerusalem Mayor, Likud senior MK Nir Barkat, met last Thursday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s two major media supporters, Israel Hayom editor Boaz Bismuth and IDF radio host Yaakov Bardugo, to stress the need to immediately replace Netanyahu in order to “save the rule of the right.” (
Barkat, according to the sources Caspit is citing, which include senior Likud figures, claimed that if Netanyahu does not move aside to be replaced by one of the Likud’s senior leadersâof whom Barkat, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, and Finance minister Israel Katz are the prominent candidatesâthe path to the formation of a left-wing government would be short, creating a “cry for generations” and a “historic failure.”