Prime Minister Bennett told the UN that he has three principles by which he will manage the COVID-19 crisis.
"One — the country must stay open.”
“We all paid a huge price: an economic price, a physical price and an emotional price—for bringing life to a standstill in 2020. Lockdowns, restrictions, quarantines – cannot work in the long run.”
“The second rule: vaccinate early. Right from the start, Israelis were quick to get vaccinated. We are in a race against a deadly virus and we must try to be ahead of it.”
“In July we were the first to learn that the vaccines were waning—which is what brought a surge in Delta cases. It was then when my government decided to administer a third dose of vaccine—the booster—to the Israeli public.”
“We pioneered the booster shot. Two months in I can report that it works.”
“The third rule: Adapt and move quickly. Running a country during a pandemic is not only about health. It's about carefully balancing all aspects of life that are affected by corona, especially Jobs and education. The only person that has a good vantage point of all of this – is the national leader of any given country.”