The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy, addressed in an interview on Reshet Bet the fear of a renewed outbreak of the coronavirus.
“The corona is still here, one of the ways it gets to the country is through returning from abroad. Because of the entry of Shabbat we decided to release only vaccinated from Ben Gurion Airport to their homes, we're sending testers to them. During Shabbat we added another 40 test teams, "Levy said, adding: "The Indian variant is without a doubt more contagious, it doesn't cause a more serious illness but it is certainly more common. We see it in children more. After two doses of vaccine, it seems that the variant is not resistant to it."