2 minutes agoIsrael approves law allowing the discovery of names of unaccompanied people
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(5 years ago)The Israeli Parliament adopted today the law allowing the Ministry of Health to reveal the names of persons who have not been vaccinated against the other authorities in the country, prompting criticism for violating the privacy of citizens who do not want to be vaccinated. The law, passed by 30 votes for and 13 against, allows [...]
The Israeli Parliament adopted today the law allowing the Ministry of Health to reveal the names of persons who have not been vaccinated against the other authorities in the country, prompting criticism for violating the privacy of citizens who do not want to be vaccinated.
The law, adopted by 30 votes for and 13 against, allows local authorities, the Ministry of Education General Directorate and several employees of the Ministry of Social Affairs to reveal the names of these people, their addresses and telephone numbers.
The provision, which will enter into force for three months or until the pandemic is finished, aims to allow authorities to encourage people to be vaccinated by addressing them personally, parliament said.
Two doses of Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines have already been taken by more than three million citizens in Israel or about a third of the country's nearly nine million inhabitants.
That's why the third opening from the beginning of the pandemic went into effect on Sunday. Commercial malls and street shops are open to all citizens.
Some countries, however, are open only to those who have received a second dose of the vaccine or have recovered from COVID-19 and have a certificate for that purpose.
The government stresses that the goal is to vaccinate 6.2 million people by April.
More than 760,000 cases of COVID-19, including more than 5,600 deaths, have been recorded in the country since the beginning of the pandemic.
