The ministers of the Knesset Coronavirus Committee unanimously approved the recommendations of the health, finance and defense ministries on Monday to prepare the health system for another 4,000 ventilated patients – 2,000 for coronavirus patients and 2,000 for patients with other respiratory illnesses.
According to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office, the instruction to the health system is intended to upgrade the health system and is not a prediction of the amount of ventilated patients.
The Defense Ministry presented a worst-case scenario at the meeting in which Israel would have up to 2,500 coronavirus patients on respirators.
The #CoronaVirus Cabinet unanimously approved today the proposal of the Health, Finance and Defense ministries to set an outbreak scenario.
This definition will guide the government vis-à-vis preparations and procurement by the health establishment.
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) June 22, 2020
According to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, four steps are being considered to stem the rise of the coronavirus, including a dramatic increase in enforcing health regulations; the use of digital tracking tools; limiting the number of people permitted at gatherings and regional closures.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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That’s scary. In America it turns out that most people put on ventilators don’t survive, and that the chance of recovery declines when someone is on a ventilator (done by comparing outcomes for patients at similar levels of illness).
Several sources have suggested the reasons that Israeli have such a low death rate has nothing to do with the government or doctors, but the fact that Israeli have lots more babies than in most developed countries, and a high birth rate means a lower average age, and Covid19 in primarily a threat to the elderly.