Netanyahu: We will gradually open the economy, starting next week

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein held a press conference on the latest developments in the battle against Covid-19 including the lockdown and vaccination campaign. Netanyahu said, “We are in the midst of a race between the launch of the mega vaccination and virus mutations. The vaccination campaign is the key to getting out of the Coronavirus. The boom has hit the whole world and it is infecting us. 80% of the infection here in Israel is the mutation. What are you doing? 97% of the deaths are people.” Over the age of 50 years and 93% of the seriously ill are in the group older than 50. If we can control the disease for those age groups through vaccination and protection, it means that we are on our way to victory over the Corona virus of course this does not take into account the surprises of the new mutations Therefore, we set a basic national goal to get out of the virus, which is to vaccinate 90% of people over the age of fifty, within two weeks, and today 77% have been vaccinated. ” Related articles Israel will not verify herd immunity against the Covid-19 vaccination: “The magic has begun” Covid vaccine side effects in Israel’s match trials “The vaccine alone cannot prevent the spread of the virus” Netanyahu stressed vaccinations over and over again. “I invite everyone to get vaccinated. It is important for everyone. It will allow us to gradually open the economy and save lives and every day counts.” Speaking about the shutdown, he said: “There is debate in the cabinet about each day of the closure. Three days of closure means 200,000 additional vaccinations. We will begin to gradually reopen the economy next week. In a cautious manner, we will put before the cabinet our exit plan. We are one people. We will overcome this. ” Netanyahu stressed the importance of giving vaccines to the Palestinians. “We are not an island and the Palestinians come here.” Therefore, he said, he has agreed to transfer 5,000 doses to the Palestinian Authority and more vaccines will be transferred when all Israeli citizens are vaccinated. With regard to the closure of Ben Gurion Airport, Netanyahu said: “Due to the booms, we closed all border crossings to Israel because even one person coming can transmit the infection significantly. You ask how Israelis can be left outside? A prerequisite for protection The lives of our citizens make difficult decisions in circumstances.” Difficult “. Posted by Globes, Israel business news – en.globes.co.il – February 2, 2021 © Copyright Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2021