(Morning News) Israeli Prime Minister Bente said that the current wave of epidemic will lead to nearly 40%of Israel's population infection.
Agence France -Presse reported that due to the rapid transmission of Omikon's variants, the nationwide crown detection facilities in Israel have fallen into paralysis.
Bened Sunday (January 9) warned on Twitter, "The data provided by the Cabinet Conference shows that this wave of epidemic will cause a total of 2 million to 4 million Israeli citizens infection."
); ); );Israel has only 9.4 million people.Compared with the previous week, the newly -added diagnosis cases in the past week have almost doubled.The number of new cases reported by the Ministry of Health on January 8 was 17,518.
Due to the great increase in the demand for crown disease, the supply of inspection stations and the increase in pressure, the Israeli government has to modify the crown detection policy, which stipulates that starting on January 7, more accurate polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing (PCR) testingIt is limited to people with high risk and over 60 years old.
Other people can be detected by emergency medical personnel or at home.
Bennett reiterated on Sunday that he would do everything possible to avoid blocking.He said that there is no evidence that blockade is an effective measure to curb Omikon, and it may also have a heavy blow to the economy.
Belnett said: "Our goal remains unchanged -that is, keeping economic operation as much as possible and protecting our most vulnerable group."
