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Israel, which not so long ago was seen as a role model in the fight against COVID-19, experienced the worst period since the start of the pandemic in late August. – We thought we won the war – admitted Prof. Salman Zarek. Today, just a month later, the head of the health ministry of this country says: – I believe that the fourth wave is coming to an end. What changed?
- The Coronavirus Delta variant has made Israel no longer a green island on a pandemic world map. The fourth wave started there in the summer
- September 1 brought the most infections since the epidemic began in this country. More than 20,5 thousand people arrived that day. new cases
- On September 30, the service “Ha-Arec” reported that the development of the coronavirus epidemic in Israel is driven by unvaccinated people, or 10 percent. the adult population of the country (including adolescents 12+ – 15% of Israel’s residents)
- Looking at the COVID-19 infection and death statistics in Israel, you can see that the epidemic is slowly starting to improve. The chief executive of the local health ministry said Israel was apparently nearing the end of the fourth wave
- More and more people are willing to vaccinate against COVID-19. On September 30, a booster injection was given to 78. Israelis, this is the best result in almost a month
- More information can be found on the Onet homepage.
The fourth wave of COVID-19 in Israel
For several months, Israel was placed at the heart of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. It was in Israel that the rates of vaccination against COVID-19 grew rapidly, the daily rates of infection fell, restrictions were relaxed, and the desired normality was restored. Unfortunately, the Coronavirus Delta variant changed the situation – Israel is no longer a green island on a pandemic world map. Responsible for the fight against the coronavirus epidemic, Prof. Salman Zarka directly admitted that Delta “surprised” Israel. SARS-CoV-2 infections began to arrive, more and more people were dying (more in the article: Increases in infections in Israel. “We thought we won the war”).
Daily bars for new infections began rising in late July, reaching their highest levels since the start of the country’s COVID-19 epidemic. The turn of August and September turned out to be the worst – the daily number of new infections did not fall below 10. September 20 alone turned out to be the worst day in Israel in this respect. There were 523 new cases on that day.
Fot. worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/israel/
Fortunately, there were no records for the number of deaths in the fourth wave in Israel. The most tragic day was September 5, when another 64 deaths from the coronavirus were reported. This is more than one and a half times less than on January 20, when a record 101 people infected with SARS-CoV-2 died.
What led to this in a country that started not only vaccination against COVID-19 but also booster doses very early?
COVID-19. Why is Israel no longer a green island?
The answer was given by prof. Salman Zarek. – Two months ago, when we celebrated the victory over the virus and returned to normal life, we closed some programs and thought that we had already won the war (…) We stopped explaining and trying to convince (the unvaccinated) to vaccinate – he said.
And in fact, the daily «Ha-Arec» announced on September 30 that the development of the coronavirus pandemic in Israel is driven by unvaccinated people, who account for 10% of the adult population of the country. Including children aged 12+, it comes out 15%. residents of the country who did not get a single dose.
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However, it is adults who choose not to be immunized that constitute the overwhelming majority of severe COVID-19 survivors. As of September 28, out of 644 patients with severe COVID-19, 73 percent was unvaccinated. Moreover, on September 29, the Times of Israel reported that 53 patients were treated with ECMO, used for the worst-off. This is a record since the beginning of the pandemic.
- Record of sick in a serious condition. Israel is running out of “last-resort devices”
Earlier this week, Israeli hospital chiefs warned that they were facing a shortage of ECMO machines and that if funds were not released immediately, the Israeli health system could be “on the way to complete failure”.
Israel. «Vaccination drive» against COVID-19
Looking at the current COVID-19 infection and death statistics in Israel, you can see that the epidemic is slowly starting to improve. There are voices that the virus is in retreat. On October 1, Ministry of Health Director General Nachman Ash said Israel was apparently nearing the end of the fourth wave of COVID-19. “I believe we are on our way to a real decline [of infection], but we will see it in the next few days,” he told Radio 103FM. – I believe the fourth wave is coming to an end.
On October 1, the value of the so-called the R ratio, which was 0,72. Recall that a number greater than 1 indicates an increase in the number of infections, less than 1 indicates that the epidemic is getting weaker. The number of patients with a severe course of COVID-19 has also decreased. Currently, there are 607 of them – the least since the end of August.
Most importantly, more and more people are willing to vaccinate against COVID-19. The haaretz.com website speaks of “vaccination rush”. September 30, 20 thousand people received the first or second dose of the vaccine. The third dose was taken that day by almost 78 thousand. Israelis, this is the best result in almost a month (the booster injection is available to anyone over 12). This trend is probably related to the new requirements for the Green Pass coming on October 3. participation in public gatherings. On that day, those who have not taken the third or second dose in the last six months will lose this document.
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