Police need to step up enforcement as coronavirus cases increase

Police in Israel will apply the monitoring and application over the weekend to slowly increase cases of coronavirus, they said. This will include additional checkpoints and the deployment of thousands of officers across the country – both in cities and on the country’s roads. ‘Most police activities will focus on the supervision and enforcement of regulations with an emphasis on prohibited gatherings, restrictions on movement and trade, and compliance with them. with the isolation obligations, ”the police said. In addition to the weather reports for the winter weather, the additional maintenance will start at 06:00 on Friday and allegedly include 25 checkpoints on inter roads between 23:00 and 23:00. At night, the checkpoints will be reduced to 12. also more motorcycle and foot patrols, as well as the co-operation of the police air unit, among others. The increased application will only take place for Friday and Saturday and then return to the current outline during the week. The move comes after about 9,417 people were diagnosed with coronavirus on Wednesday, and another 6,260 between midnight and press time. Ministry. Of the more than 121,000 people selected, 7.9% tested positive. Wednesday was the third day in a row with more than 9,000 new cases.

There are also still an unprecedented high number of people in a serious condition. Of the 1,802 people in the hospital, almost all – 1,117 – are in a serious condition, reports the Ministry of Health, including 280 on ventilators. The number of serious patients represents a peak. Before Thursday, the largest number of serious cases was 1,102, the Ministry of Health reported earlier in the week. Hospitals had to open new units and refrain from offering elective surgeries to handle the case load. In addition, about 50 people died on Wednesday and another 34 people died before Thursday, bringing the death toll to 3,860. More than 200 people gave in to COVID-19 this week. The only silver lining is that the reproduction rate – the “R” or the number of people infecting a sick person – has decreased slightly. Israel’s vaccination campaign had no significant effect on the spread. of the virus, a team of Hebrew University researchers advising the coronavirus cabinet reported on Thursday. However, they said that “it is possible that a stabilizing trend in diseases has begun” and that the country should see an improvement in new daily cases within the next week. According to the team’s forecasts, the country will see a significant increase in the number of patients admitted to the hospital in the coming days, and the relief only by the end of the month. The death rate has increased, according to the researchers, and the average time to death from hospitalization in a serious condition has also shortened. The Ministry of Health is expected to ask for the latest exclusion to be extended by at least a week during meetings scheduled for Sunday and for which the Hebrew U. team has compiled its report. But the researchers said no decisions should be made next week. Rather, the team said it was not possible to know with certainty whether a significant extension of the exclusion would be needed, and whether the regulations would need to be tightened, and rather recommended that a decision be made in another week. must be January 21st. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the government and the Ministry of Health asked the question many times a day when Israel could open up further and “we do not know yet.” ‘It’s impossible to imagine we’ll go out [the lockdown] within ten days, ”Sharon Alroy-Preis, head of public health services, said in an information session on Tuesday. The ministry stressed that any exit strategy will not take place at the same time, but will be done in phases, starting with the opening of schools. Netanyahu has been in talks with health officials over the past few days on the subject, including how and when to debut the green passport, which could further open up the economy. ‘I have had several discussions with the Minister of Health and other professionals to bring the green passport. plans to work as soon as possible, which will enable us to get life back to normal, “Netanyahu said. Even when we do, we will have to continue to wear masks for the younger population and those who are not vaccinated. “On Thursday night, he and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein went to Ramle to celebrate the vaccination of Israel’s two millionth citizen, a 22-year-old kindergarten assistant, with her first dose of vaccination. On the press was more than 153 000 ha d have two doses and should be immune to the virus within a week. “I get a call every hour or two from the leaders of countries around the world,” Netanyahu said, “and they just ask for help.” He said that “Israel has become the world champion in vaccines, but we also have good friends and I told them that we will help as much as we can.” More vaccinations are on the way from Pfizer, Netanyahu said.Another large consignment is expected in the country on Sunday and more every week thereafter, with the aim of vaccinating about 200,000 people a day with their first or second dose. By the end of March, Israel should have vaccinated more than five million people twice, and health officials in the ministry and health funds said Israelis must make an appointment to be vaccinated by 40 or 45 years next week. and the fear of the British and South African mutations, which spread the virus even faster, complicates the Ministry of Health’s calculations on when to leave.Alroy-Preis said earlier this week that the ministry did not just total number of new daily cases will look, but also whether there is severe decline in severe cases, which means that the elderly and high-risk people may open their second dose economy, even if the v irus. However, she made it clear that the reproductive rate should be one or less. The Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory at Sheba Medical Center reported that it had identified four additional cases in the South. African variant. So far, eight cases have been discovered in the country. In addition, the Ministry of Health is now promoting a recommendation that Israelis returning to Brazil from the country should isolate themselves in coronavirus hotels after the discovery of what is considered a new Brazilian coronavirus mutation. the recommendation is subject to the approval of the Cabinet. “We must take action to prevent the entry and spread of variants in Israel,” the Ministry of Health said. The recommendation came after the variant was detected in Japan among travelers from Brazil. The ministry said the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine appears to be effective against this variant, as well as against British and South African mutations.