General Medicine demands, “To be able to more accurately assess the extent of current morbidity in order to determine measures, we ask that all people hospitalized at your facility undergo PCR testing for the coronavirus over the next three weeks.” Pass.” Israel’s Department of Health Ministry of Hospitals. But politicians certainly wouldn’t have expected this answer:
Hospitals respond that they do not have time to make an organizational effort. Labs are already at capacity. “With all due respect, the number of hospitalized Covid patients is small. Therefore, it may be better to conduct this testing survey in the community where most patients with respiratory symptoms are located, and there the survey will have a greater impact,” it added.
Vaccination is also set to become a hot topic again: According to the ministry, Israelis who have not received a COVID-19 vaccination in the past six months are particularly at risk. The ministry advises at-risk groups, such as older people or those with serious underlying health conditions, to be vaccinated against both COVID-19 and flu when clinics conduct their annual winter flu vaccination .
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Israel is unclear. The health ministry figures are considered incomplete as many Israelis have been testing at home since the pandemic subsided.
