The Labor, Welfare and Health Committee, chaired by MK Efrat Reytan Marom, approved the Public Health Order, which expanded the lists of countries whose returnees are required to be isolated, including those vaccinated and recovering.
Dr. Ofra Habkin, Deputy Head of Public Health at the Ministry of Health, presented to the committee the data on returnees from abroad who were recently diagnosed as verified infected and said: "There is a dramatic rise in the number of confirmed cases among those returning from abroad, and almost 80% of them are vaccinated, this is a dramatic change from what we knew, and the data clearly show that those who return from countries where the morbidity is high and there is exposure to various variants, are at increased risk of infection. "