Israelis were no longer required to wear masks outside on Sunday, in another step on the path back to normality as the country’s aggressive vaccination drive saw coronavirus rates take a steep plunge.
The education system also resumed its operations fully on Sunday, and schools reopened without isolation capsules.
The Israeli Health Ministry required that masks still be worn indoors.
The positive virus test rate over the weekend stood at 0.8 percent, less than half than the rate a month ago.
More than 81 percent of Israel’s population aged 16 and over had received the Pfizer vaccine.
The coronavirus czar Nachman Asch said if rates continue to decline, the economy would reopen in its entirety next month.-- excerpt, rest at link above --
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"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."