Israel.- This Sunday, April 18, Israel took a step closer to normal, as citizens can already walk outdoors without a cover, after one year of mandatory use to contain the Covid-19.In addition, schools resumed full-time face-to-face class without division into small groups, however, the water cover does not disappear completely: it is still mandatory to use the cover, indoors, and Health recommends using it also in large meetings or crowded areas outside.
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In the face of this, perhaps also because of a custom already acquired, many still walked through Jerusalem with the mask that covered their mouths and noses, or placed on their chins to wear quickly if they had to enter a trade or get on the bus. Read more: Johnson & Johnson vaccines could be resumed soon in the United StatesAl so, one of the people in Israle, said that the population should be “cautious” and not forget to put the water cover indoors, since “it is not yet clear whether vaccines immunize” against new variants of the virus that could change the situation and increase morbidity.
Keep cautious
Israel diagnosed seven cases of the virus strain initially detected in India this Friday, of which little knowledge is still available. Authorities are now investigating whether or not the mutation is resistant to the vaccine and the degree of contagion it might entail. First of all, Health urges strict compliance with new standards and maintaining hygiene and social distance to prevent infections.” The big challenge is to carry the cup cover in your pocket and put it on every time you get to a closed or crowded place,” said yesterday the national coordinator of the pandemic, Nachman Ash, who warned that the country has not yet reached collective immunization despite its progressIsrael has already vaccinated more than 5.3 million people with at least one dose of the vaccine and almost 5 million with both, representing more than half of its population of about 9 million. Vaccination greatly caused contagions, deaths and severe patients to fall. At the moment there are only about two hundred hospitalized in critical condition, and the active patients are just over 2,500.Daily contagions have also been reduced: yesterday only 85 new cases were detected, with a positive rate of 0.8%, a very low figure compared to the peak of more than 10,000 infections in 24 hours that the country recorded at the end of January. Still, Ash warned that victory cannot yet be sung: despite the large number of vaccinated and the 830,000 Israelis who passed the virus, “75% of the inoculated and/or recovered population” needs to be reached to achieve the long-awaited herd immunization. Back to normal in schools
Another sector that perceives recent progress is education. Having gradually returned to the classrooms with restrictions, bubble groups and combining virtual and face-to-face lessons, some 2.5 million students resumed classes full-time and without having to be separated into capsules. Read more: What you should consider to retrain after passing the Covid-19The measures are for both kindergarten children and elementary and secondary students, who from today will be able to go to class between five and six days a week, as was usual before the virus. The limitations they had to move between classrooms are also raised, but they must continue to ventilate rooms, maintain social distance and use water covers in class, the Ministry of Education concretized in a statement.
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