Israelis on the streets of Tel Aviv, May 23, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
Members of the Health Ministry’s national forum for dealing with the coronavirus outbreak said Monday that no discussions had been held with experts ahead of Health Minister Yuli Edelstein’s announcement that almost all remaining virus restrictions will be lifted at the beginning of next month.
According to the Kan public broadcaster, one unnamed member of the forum expressed great surprise at the decision and raised questions as to the motives behind it.
Others told the outlet that they had only heard about the decision from news reports and suspected there were political motives behind the move.
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Participants in the first post-COVID Birthright Israel trip, after landing in Israel after a year-long hiatus for the organization, on May 24, 2021. (Erez Uzir/Courtesy)
In a sign of the ebbing of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, a Birthright group landed in Tel Aviv on Monday afternoon, for the first time in a year.
The participants are all vaccinated college students from the United States, Birthright Israel said.
They will take part in the organization’s signature 10-day educational tour of Israel offered to all college-age Jews by the foundation.
“Dozens of trips are expected during May and June, with many more tour groups planned for July, August, and October,” the organization said in a statement.
Almost all COVID restrictions to be lifted on June 1, Edelstein says
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Published: 05.23.21 , 19:33
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced Sunday that due to the low coronavirus morbidity in Israel, almost all related restrictions will be lifted on June 1.
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May. 23, 2021 8:07 PM
Almost all coronavirus restrictions in Israel will be lifted starting on June 1, the Health Ministry said Sunday.
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said he would not request an extension of regulations that expire on that date. People will still be required to wear face masks indoors until deilberations on the matter over the next two weeks, and travel to and from Israel will still be limited, the Health Ministry said.
Access to public places will no longer be restricted to people who can prove they have been vaccinated or have recovered from the coronavirus.
Israel s Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Sunday announced that on June 1, almost all anti-Covid-19 restrictions in the country will be lifted.The minister explained in a statement that the decision was taken "due to the low and stable .