COVID: Unjabbed, untested teachers in Israel can't work starting Oct. 3

• Published date: 23 September 2021
• Author: ROSSELLA TERCATIN
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

In addition to not being allowed on school premises, they also won't be able to conduct long-distance learning and will not receive pay.

In response, the Teachers Union asked the government to allow teachers to test themselves at home (as opposed to in a testing station), as it is possible for unvaccinated students.

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Also on Thursday, it emerged that the coronavirus expert committee, which includes the top Israeli health officials, on Wednesday issued a recommendation to place a general limit to gatherings by capping them at no more than 300 people indoors.

"There is also no logic or reason in holding large gatherings in the culture and sports sectors during a period of uncontrollable infection, when dozens of young patients come to be treated in serious conditions every day," the committee wrote. "Once the morbidity decreases, it will be possible to reopen such events."

The experts said that in spite of the slowdown of serious morbidity due to the vaccination drive, it is not possible to just continue on the same path the country is currently on, suggesting that the idea of implementing restrictions based on the number of serious patients – as the government has been doing – as opposed to daily cases, is dangerous and that for the future it would be important to look at the number of daily cases.

They also expressed concern that once the education system...