Posted on 12/27/21
| News Source: Arutz-7
Israel imposed a number of new restrictions on shoppers and school children in areas with high infection rates Monday, expanding the Green Pass system which bars the unvaccinated from some venues.
The Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved the new restrictions, which had been adopted by the government’s Coronavirus Committee, for nine days, beginning at midnight between Sunday and Monday.
The new rules restrict some public spaces to the vaccinated or recovered, via the Green Pass system, and end in-person classes for schoolchildren in areas with high COVID infection rates, if less than 70% of the children in a given class are vaccinated.
Indoor shopping centers, such as malls, will now fall under the restrictions of the ‘Purple Pass’ system, limiting the number of people allowed inside to one for every 15 square meters of space.
Large stores, with more than 100 square meters of space, which are not designated as ‘essential’ will be required to operate under the Green Pass system, barring entrance to the unvaccinated and those without proof of recovery or recent negative tests.
The ‘essential’ venues exempted from the Green Pass system include stores selling personal hygiene items, stores which primarily sell glasses and eye contacts, pharmacies or stores which sell medical equipment, supermarkets, minimarkets and grocery stores.
Indoor dining at malls and shopping centers will no longer be permitted, and takeaway purchases will only be permitted for individuals with a Green Pass.