Outgoing coronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu says there’s a “green light” from the government to further ease lockdown measures as infection rates continue to decline.
According to Gamzu, there have been an average of some 800 new COVID-19 cases a day over the past week, allowing the government to move to the next stage of a multi-phase plan to roll back a national lockdown imposed last month to contain a surge in infections.
He notes that the decline in new infections has coincided with a drop in testing and warns there is “hidden morbidity.”
Gamzu, who is speaking during a video briefing, calls on Arab Israelis in particular to get tested, amid rising infection rates in the community.
He also says the mandatory quarantine requirement will be shortened from 14 to 10 days, on the condition a person required to isolate twice tests negative.
Coronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu speaks during a video briefing on October 28, 2020. (Screen capture: GPO)
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