Covid Israel, 1,327 infections: never so many in 4 months

Israeli health authorities have recorded about 1,400 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the highest figure in more than the last four months, with an increase in infections attributed to the delta variant that has led the authorities to reintroduce some restrictions. The Israeli health ministry has indicated through its website that 1,372 infections and one death have been confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 853,478 and 6,451 respectively, since the start of the pandemic. The ministry also reported that there are currently 7,924 active cases in the country, including 62 critically ill patients, and that the positivity rate is 1.86 percent. Data on the vaccination campaign indicate that 5,747,027 people have received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine so far. Among these, 5,245,999 people completed the vaccination course with the second dose. Israeli authorities are considering the re-imposition of a mandatory quarantine on all people arriving in the country, including those vaccinated or cured of Covid-19, as reported by the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’. Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz confirmed these plans, but ruled out the closure of Ben Gurion airport. “We will divide the countries into two groups: one dangerous and for which it is forbidden to fly and another in which those who return from there will have to go to quarantine”, he explained, according to the newspaper ‘Yedioth Ahoronoth’.