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Israel to lift outdoor mask mandate
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Tel Aviv, April 16 : The rules to enforce wearing of masks outdoors in Israel will be lifted starting Sunday, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said.
Edelstein said in a statement on Thursday that he had instructed the Ministry s Director-General, Hezi Levi, to sign an order to cancel the restriction, reports Xinhua news agency.
The decision was made on the recommendation by the professionals in the ministry, who said that, due to the low Covid-19 morbidity, there is no longer a need for wearing face masks outdoors in Israel.
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With close to five million people more than half the population of 9.3 million vaccinated, Israel continues its world-beating campaign that sent coronavirus infection rates down.
Israelis will no longer have to wear masks outdoors starting from Sunday as the number of virus infections plummets, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said. The rate of infection in Israel is very low thanks to the successful vaccine campaign in Israel, and therefore it is possible to ease (restrictions), Edelstein said in a statement Thursday.
He said however that masks will still be required indoors.
With close to five million people more than half the population of 9.3 million vaccinated, Israel continues its world-beating campaign that sent coronavirus infection rates down.
The mask mandate will remain for public indoor spaces.
“The masks are intended to protect us from the coronavirus,” Edelstein said. “After professionals decided this was no longer required in open spaces, I decided to enable taking them off.”
Edelstein credited Israel’s successful vaccine rollout with the country’s significant decrease in infection. As Big Tech censorship continues to grow, please sign up for CBN Newsletters and download the CBN News app to stay up-to-date with the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.
More than three-quarters of Israel’s adult population has been vaccinated in just over three months. Infection rates have plummeted, allowing Israel to reopen its economy in recent weeks.