Covid today Israel, stop restrictions on the outside

Israel will abolish anti-covid restrictions for external events starting Thursday. The decision, which will be formalized today by the Council of Ministers, was anticipated by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, while infections continue to fall and the country is preparing to give the green light to vaccination in the range of age between 5 and 11 years. With the new rules, writes Ynetnews, outdoors there will no longer be a maximum number of people for events and meetings and the mask will no longer be mandatory in situations with over one hundred people. Furthermore, the Green pass will no longer be requested for cultural, sporting and religious gatherings up to a thousand people outside and 100 inside. The event rooms can accommodate up to 600 people inside (up from 400). The wearing of the mask inside remains mandatory.Israel has countered the latest wave of covid infections with a strengthening of the vaccination campaign, pushing on the third dose. Authorization for vaccination between the ages of 5 and 11 is expected shortly, a category that includes over 1.2 million children.