As ministers of the coronavirus cabinet meet to discuss the state of the Omicron wave, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says Israel is “at the height of the battle” against the variant.
“We still have a difficult 10-14 days ahead of us,” he adds.
“Our approach is a rational and balanced one, based on facts and figures,” he says. “We are fighting constantly to keep the economy open and everything functioning.”
He says vaccines have been found to give children strong protection against pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS), a rare condition that shows up after recovery and can cause hospitalization and death. Some countries have seen a rise in PIMS cases during the Omicron wave.
He adds that the government “will help businesses that were hurt badly in this wave. The details are still being discussed and will be decided on. We will not leave anyone behind.”
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holds a press conference on the Omicron outbreak, at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, on January 11, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
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