New Delhi: Amid a drop in COVID-19 infection rates in Israel, the country\u2019s Health Ministry has cancelled the mandatory wearing of face masks in the open-air, starting Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn light of the morbidity figures that continue to be low throughout the country \u2026 Director-General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy, amended the Public Health Order so that there is no obligation to wear a mask in an open area, starting tomorrow, April 18,\u201d the ministry said on Saturday, as quoted by Sputnik.<\/p>\n
This comes as global COVID-19 deaths crossed the 3 million mark on Saturday, according to the latest update by Johns Hopkins University. As of 04.30 am IST, the total COVID-19 cases worldwide stand at 140,379,953 and the deaths across the world stand at 3,007,708.<\/p>\n
Following the drop in infection rates, the Israel health ministry advised the public to wear face coverings at large outdoor gatherings and stressed that mask-wearing is still obligatory indoors.<\/p>\n
According to the Russian news agency, Israel started vaccinating its population against the COVID-19 on December 20 last year and the country has seen one of the most rapid vaccine rollouts of anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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