Israeli soldiers receiving a vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). AP=Yonhap News
The Israeli Army (IDF), who declared’collective immunity’ through vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), is conducting an experiment to remove the mask, which is a means of personal quarantine.
According to local media such as the Jerusalem Post on the 4th (local time), the Israeli Ministry of Health and military authorities will begin testing non-wearing masks in some units from the 5th.
The test subject was a unit one week after completing the second dose of the Corona 19 vaccine. Units with more than 90% of the total soldiers recovered after infection were also included in the test.
The military authorities decided to report the corona 19 infection status of the unit to be tested on a weekly basis.
In these units, soldiers will not wear masks during field training and activities for the next three months. However, the military authorities emphasized that they wear masks during indoor training and activities.
The experiment can only be continued if the incidence rate remains below the threshold, and if the number of confirmed cases rapidly increases, the situation should be immediately reported and stopped.
In Israel, more than 5257,000 people, over 56% of the total population (about 9.3 million), have completed the first dose of the Corona 19 vaccine, and about 4816,000 people, close to 52%, have completed the second dose.
In particular, on the 11th of last month, the Israeli military declared that the total number of vaccinations and those who recovered after COVID-19 infection reached 81% of the total military history, and that they reached collective immunity. At the time, IDF said that units with an inoculation rate of more than 90% could resume meetings and training.
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