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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 are conducting tests on non-wearing masks in some units from the 5th.
The test subjects were units with more than 90% of the total medical history, one week after completing the second dose of the Corona 19 vaccine or the proportion of soldiers who recovered after infection. In these units, soldiers will not wear masks during outdoor training and activities for the next three months. However, military authorities emphasized that they wear masks during indoor training and activities.
The military authorities can report the corona19 infection status of the unit to be tested on a weekly basis, and continue the experiment only if the incidence rate remains below the standard value. If the number of confirmed cases increases rapidly, the situation should be reported immediately and the experiment should be stopped. The Israeli Ministry of Health stressed that the general public should continue to wear masks regardless of whether they were vaccinated or not.
Earlier, 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.
In Israel, more than 5257,000 people, over 56% of the total population (about 9.3 million), have completed the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and about 4816,000 people, close to 52%, have completed the second dose.
/ Reporter Kim Yeon-ha [email protected]
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