Xinhua News Agency, Jerusalem, June 16 (Reporters Lu Yingxu and Shang Hao) In view of the significant improvement in the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic, the Israeli government has further relaxed restrictions and completely canceled the mask order from the 15th.

Xinhua News Agency, Jerusalem, June 16 (Reporters Lu Yingxu and Shang Hao) In view of the significant improvement in the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic, the Israeli government has further relaxed restrictions and completely canceled the mask order from the 15th. Except for specific groups, people do not need to wear masks indoors or outdoors.

According to the latest requirements, people and visitors who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine and who work in nursing and nursing homes must wear masks. In addition, people who go to designated places for quarantine, civil aviation passengers and crew must also wear masks.

On June 15, people shopped in a shopping mall in Modi, a central Israeli city. (Xinhua News Agency, photo by Jill Cohen Magen)

As the COVID-19 vaccination progresses steadily, the Israeli government ended a nationwide "lockdown" in February and gradually relaxed restrictions. It began to gradually resume international flights in early March, and canceled the mandatory regulations on wearing masks outdoors in mid-April.

html Since the end of April, the number of new confirmed cases of new coronavirus in Israel has dropped significantly.

Starting from the 1st of this month, the Israeli government will lift most restrictions. People entering restaurants, cinemas and other public places do not need to present a "green passport" that has been vaccinated with the new crown vaccine or has been infected but have recovered. Entering commercial places, office places, buses, etc. will no longer be subject to the number of people and social distance restrictions, but they still need to wear masks indoors.

Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, Israel has a total of 839,682 confirmed cases and 6,428 deaths; of the nearly 8.8 million people nationwide, about 5.5 million have received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, and more than 5.1 million have completed two doses of vaccination. Starting from the 13th of this month, Israeli health agencies began vaccinating people aged 12 to 15.

Source: Xinhua News Agency