THE “GREEN PASSPORT” HAS ARRIVED

Netanyahu: Development of 'green passport' to encourage vaccination underway

PM says according to plan, those who received vaccine would show card or app allowing them to enter facilities and receive services.

During his remarks Wednesday evening at the Ministry of Health, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that development of what he called a "green passport plan" to encourage Israelis to take the Covid vaccine was underway.

"I asked, and the Health Minister is already carrying it out, to develop a green passport plan by which whoever receives a vaccine will be able to show a card or an app that will enable them to enter events, malls, facilities and all kinds of services.

Speaking at the Knesset Coronavirus Committee two weeks ago, Sheba Medical Center Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Eyal Zimlichman said that while people could not be forced to take a vaccine, measures were being planned such that people would "understand by themselves that the vaccine will return them to regular life."

"What is possible is to create motivation. Whoever is vaccinated will automatically receive 'green status'. Therefore, you may vaccinate, and receive Green Status to go freely in all the green zones: They'll open for you cultural events, they'll open to you the shopping malls, hotels, and restaurants," Zimlichman explained.

"You may decide you're not vaccinating, and if you do want to enter these areas you'll need to submit to a PCR test, and therefore I believe people will understand by themselves that the vaccine will return them to regular life and they'll vaccinate themselves, without our obligating them." 

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