Wanderlust : Shalom.
Its not good, we seemed to be defeating it slowly but now another wave has come. We can go out without a mask ,where is open spaces ,but if store ,shops etc we must wear a mask.
Todays Jerusalem post,
COVID: Entrance of vaccinated to Israel postponed again amid outbreak
Amid concerns over the rising number of coronavirus cases, police to employ an SMS-based system to verify location of those quarantining.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/...ositive-674215
Vaccinated tourists will not be allowed to enter Israel on August 1, as had been previously planned, Health Ministry Director-General Prof. Nachman Ash said Sunday, also announcing that the authorities will discuss measures to restrict all travel.
“We are postponing the date for the entry of tourists; it is not going to happen on August 1,” he said, adding that a new date has not been set. “Unfortunately, the current situation does not permit us to allow tourists to enter.”
Earlier in the day, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said the possibility of another lockdown exists, but the government is not considering it as of now and the goal is to avoid it.
“Of course it is possible that there will be another lockdown, but we are not discussing it now,” Horowitz told Army Radio. “Everyone can understand that if there is a huge outbreak here, including in serious morbidity, we will get there. We are taking measures so that we are not going to need it.”
Some 430 new virus carriers were identified on Saturday, with 1.47% of the 33,000 tests processed returning a positive result. The previous day, there were 1,120 cases out of 76,000 tests – the highest since March.
On Friday, Bennett said the Pfizer vaccine is less effective against the Delta variant, which currently represents the vast majority of cases in Israel.
“We do not know exactly to what degree the vaccine helps, but it is significantly less,” he noted.
Israel might decide to give elderly people a third coronavirus vaccine without waiting for authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration, as the number of serious patients – while still limited – started to climb at a significant pace in the past few days, reaching 125 on Monday night, 24 more than in the morning.
The decision might be made in the coming weeks, but some details remain open – for example whether to give the booster to people over 60 or over 70.