The spread of the Delta variant worries in Israel – News

Israel once again surpassed 5,000 daily cases and affected 50 deaths in past 24 hours. It is expected that in the next few days it will reach the milestone of one million accumulated cases.

Coronavirus infections have skyrocketed in Israel due to the spread of the Delta variant. Since the first days of July, the epidemiological curve has marked a sharp rise in infections, which reached more than 7,000 cases on Saturday.

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Although the figures reported this Sunday by the Health portfolio are slightly lower than those of Saturday, with 5,380 cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, they remain high for the country’s curve, with 669 severe cases, out of a total of 65,780. active cases and 107 cases with mechanical respiration.

There have also been 48 deaths from the disease in the past 24 hours, which also implies a noticeable increase, after 16 yesterday and after last July 27, no deaths were reported, the newspaper reported. Israel Times.

These statistics are more alert if we take into account that it is one of the most advanced nations in terms of vaccination, with 60% of the population with both doses and 12% with a third additional injection.

Despite advanced infections, due to the spread of the Delta variant of the virus, and to avoid postponing the start of the school year, the Government has set up centers that offer serological checks for anti-coronavirus antibodies and rapid tests for Covid -19 for children. from 3 to 12 years old.

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As part of the September back-to-school plan, more than one million students will take tests and, if the results show they have antibodies, they will be given a green pass and be exempt from quarantine if anyone in their class tests positive, reported the Ministry of Education, quoted by the news agency AFP.

However, this campaign has already suffered delays due to “an issue with the communication system of the company (phone) Cellcom, which facilitates the Covid rapid test system”, according to the national emergency and medical assistance service Magen. David Adom, and difficulties have been reported for young children to get blood tests.

About 41% of 12-15 year olds have already received a dose of the vaccine, as have 79% of 16-19 year olds, according to the Sputnik news agency.

In total, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Israel has passed 990,000 infections and totaled 6,830 deaths.