- Israel will begin a national coronavirus antibody survey of children between the ages of 3 and 12.
- This effort is to measure the undetected spread of Covid-19 among children.
- The news came as Israel’s movement to distribute the third Covid-19 booster was accelerating.
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It is expected that Israel will start a national antibody survey of children between the ages of 3 and 12, According to Israel’s Haaretz.
The large-scale testing effort is an attempt by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, and the Israeli Defense Forces’ Interior Command to measure Coronavirus has spread undetected Among Israeli children in the past 18 months.
According to the report, 1,400 Family Front Command Teams will conduct finger prick tests at multiple locations across the country to try to test as many of the 1.4 million children in Israel as possible. Test results are provided within 15 minutes.
Although the previous test survey was conducted to learn more about asymptomatic infections in the population, this survey was conducted to understand the possible spread among young people. The current view is that many Israeli children have been infected with the coronavirus in the past few months, but have never shown signs of infection, resulting in them being undiagnosed.
The test was conducted as the Delta variant of the disease was sweeping parts of the world. Despite the high vaccination rate, the number of cases in Israel continues to surge And the early success of Pfizer vaccine.
The government hopes that a large number of children who are still not eligible for vaccination will be tested for antibodies, so that they will be eligible for green passes, thereby avoiding compulsory isolation and testing.
This effort is expected to provide relief to Israel’s education and health care system, making it easier for children to go to school and daily tasks in daily life.
Weekend data from the Ministry of Health showed that the number of severe cases of Covid-19 has increased by 45 to more than 650, but the average number of infections per coronavirus carrier has dropped to 1.2.
The news comes as the campaign to distribute the Covid-19 booster shots to the Israeli population is heating up, and people over 40 are now eligible for the third dose. According to the latest data, more than 1.3 million people have received boosters so far.
Israel’s move to provide boosters set off a wave Rich countries do the same. The United States, Britain, Germany and France are all preparing or approving the start Launch booster in September.
