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2023: Israel sounds the alarm over streptococcus. He claimed the lives of dozens of children
In early January 2023, Israel's Ministry of Health raised concerns about the spread of streptococcus A, a bacterium that has already caused the deaths of 29 children in the UK. Read more here.
2022
59% of Israel's adult population is obese
On November 22, 2022, the results of a study under the Israeli National Quality Indicators Program were published: according to the report, 59% of the Israeli population aged 20 to 64 years are overweight or suffer from obesity. Read more here.
Vaccination against monkeypox has begun in Israel. 80% have side effects
On July 31, 2022, vaccination against monkeypox began in Israel. At the first stage, 5600 doses of the drug were received in the country. It turned out that almost 80% of those vaccinated had side effects, which became known at the end of August 2022. Read more here.
2020
Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave less than a month
Israel begins shipping medical marijuana abroad
In mid-May 2020, the Israeli authorities allowed the export of medical cannabis. The industry is expected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for the country.
Economy Minister Eli Cohen signed the decree more than a year after the cabinet approved it. The authorities approved the bill back in January 2019, but since then it was supposed to undergo the necessary discussion in a special committee of the Ministries of Finance and Health.
Companies interested in exporting medical marijuana abroad should apply for a license from Israel's health ministry as soon as the law takes effect in mid-June.
 | This is an important step for exporters and Israeli industry, which will expand both export opportunities and increase employment on the ground, says Cohen. |  |
In Israel, the medical use of cannabis is legal, and while recreational use remains illegal, it is largely decriminalized. About 60,000 Israelis use medical cannabis of about 25 tons a year, according to the economy ministry.
In total, there are already more than 10 farms and five factories in the country engaged in the production of medical cannabis and meeting all the standards of the Ministry of Health. A number of companies have reached an agreement to sell cannabis to European countries or Canada after obtaining licenses.
Many European countries and US states also allow medical use of cannabis. In 2018, Canada became the first G7 country to legalize it for recreational use across the country. It is not yet clear whether the EU or Canada will require marijuana grown in Israeli settlements to be labeled as cannabis for medical use.
One way or another, Israeli farms have long been considered one of the largest producers of medical cannabis and may well become leaders in this expanding industry.[1]
Israel began to track the movement of people infected with coronavirus on their mobile phones
On March 15, 2020, the Israeli government approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's initiative to use anti-terrorist measures to combat the spread. coronavirus The government reportedly agreed to allow the Shin Bet counterintelligence service to massively track citizens' phones without a court warrant. The final decision on the introduction of this measure will be made by the Knesset subcommittee on special services.
Typically, such data was collected to combat terrorism, but Benjamin Netanyahu said the government was ready to establish a state of emergency in the country that would allow personal data to be used for a limited period of 30 days with the permission of the attorney general.
Earlier it was not reported that such a database exists, as was not disclosed and the existence of a legislative framework on the basis of which this data was obtained and used.
The idea is to analyze geolocation data that is regularly collected from Israeli mobile operators about customers living in Israel and on the west bank of the Jordan River in order to find individuals who have come into close contact with known virus carriers. They will be sent text messages asking for immediate self-isolation.
The disclosure of this plan caused alarm among privacy advocates. Officials insist that the use of data by the Homeland Security Agency (Shin Bet) will be strictly limited.
| | Using Shin Bet's advanced technology is for only one purpose - saving lives, said a senior security official who wished to remain anonymous. - In this way we will be able to quickly and effectively limit the spread of the virus in Israel. It is a purposeful, time-limited activity that is overseen by the government and the attorney general.[2] | |
According to Netanyahu, smartphones of people in contact with patients with coronavirus should be monitored. By monitoring the movement of citizens in real time, the special service will be able to identify quarantine violations. In addition, metadata will allow you to determine where people were and with whom they contacted.
As of March 16, 2020, Shin-Bet is testing the possibility of using its technical means to combat the spread of COVID-19. According to the government, the special service will be limited in what data it can collect. In addition, only a limited number of persons in the government will have access to the collected data. The information received will be allowed to be used exclusively to combat the spread of infection. Data collection will be carried out only within 30 days from the moment of obtaining permission from the relevant Knesset subcommittee.
The measure approved by the government is designed to save lives, but raises fears among human rights activists, because if adopted, almost anyone in Israel can be monitored by the special service.
As Netanyahu noted, the decision to track smartphones of citizens in contact with patients was not easy for him.
| | All my years as prime minister, I have diligently avoided applying this measure to civilians, but now there is simply no choice | |
In the wake of the rapid spread of the coronavirus, the Iranian government arranged mass surveillance of citizens. The country's Ministry of Health has developed a mobile application supposedly designed to diagnose coronavirus, which actually works as a "beacon" that monitors the movement of a person in real time.
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