 about the coronavirus. Here in Israel we sat for the Omicron variant way before everyone else. About five weeks ago we closed the state of Israel to the entry of foreigners to prevent the Omicron from entering the country. We bought precious time and we used that time very wisely. We bought pills. We purchased a massive amount of the Pfizer pill. There's well requested pill that would prevent serious illness. We have that pill. It is highly efficient. It would assist the people who are infected to go past the disease and are also preparing the hospitals making sure they are ready for the peak of the wave. We demanded that the health providers will also assist in assisting the patients. We also prepared enough vaccines for adults and children. And today I announced that the director of the health ministry has informed me on his decision to allow a fourth jab for adults above the age of 60 and medical staff if at least four months have passed since their last jab. The decision of Professor Ash was taken under the best professional considerations and consultations. The meaning is major. We have a new layer of defense and this is the time to say that our policy of being first in the world with boosters has kept, maintained well, the safety of the people of Israel. The morbidity in the state of Israel at the recent time is among the lowest in the world. In the UK the morbidity is 50 times greater than that of Israel. In the U.S. morbidity is 130 greater than that of Israel. But we must not keep still. I ask everyone who is who can get that fourth jab to go and get it. We're talking mainly about the older population. The time gave us the time to learn about the Armageddon and prepare our plans. We see countries like the Netherlands or Germany who didn't have the time and had to go for a full or partial lockdowns. We saw other states like France and the U.K. and the U.S. states like New York and Texas that are dealing with peaks of hospitalizations. I want us to negotiate between those two extremes. Our prime goal remains to allow a functioning economy as much as we can while protecting the most vulnerable. The situation right now is that we have over 5,000 new cases a day. My estimation by the end of the week will reach over 20,000 new infections a day and perhaps even over 50,000 patients a day. These are very great numbers. The good news are that we've learned from the world that if you are fully vaccinated, three jabs for an adult and a vaccine for a child, you're very well immune from suffering serious illness. Even if you're infected, the illness will not be serious. Therefore, we decided to allow vaccinated not to be tested. The rule that needs to lead us all is the fact that the vaccination protects you from serious illness and from isolation from quarantine and from the need to enter quarantine. People of Israel, I understand your frustration and confusion. Nobody asked for another wave. The damage to the daily life is real. The government does everything it can to prepare for the situation that is felt all around the world. Now, what is the mandate of you? Those of you who did not vaccinate, go out and vaccinate. Who did not get the booster? Go out and get it. It's not too late. Who did not vaccinate his children? Go out and vaccinate your children. It takes time for children to build a shield from the vaccine. Second, it is important to use the masks, face masks, that makes all the difference between a light disease and a serious one. And take care of the vulnerable, of the elderly and the non-vaccinated in my family. I instructed my family to take good care of my mother because she is vulnerable. In the near future, elderly people can avoid visiting crowded places and wear masks. I ask all of you to show understanding and patience if there are problems. And yes, there are, like the long lines we're seeing. We will take care of them. But the situation is that we have a massive amount of new cases. And therefore, in these very hours, we're preparing for changing the criteria about detests in order to remove the burden. I wish to thank the health system, the minister, Nitzan Hovitz, the director general, Nachman Ash, Shauna Roy Price, director, Salman Zarka, all the good people that are working together and making sure to manage this thing. They're doing a very good job. I ask of you, take care of yourself, of your children. You need patience. And together, we will get through this wave as well. Thank you very much. Questions? Mr. Prime Minister, are we going to a model of herd immunity? And can you say that clearly to the public? And we moved from very clear regulations to recommendations. Even from within your family, we see that. Or do you not have the political power to enforce these regulations? We understand and see what's happening around the world. Large amounts of the public are getting infected all over the world. We are trying to slow down the pace when we did a very good job with that. But our guiding line this time is different. This wave is coming. There's no way of stopping it. We want in this short term of the wave not to have the vulnerable people walking outside risking themselves. The principle this time is different. Those who are fully vaccinated can continue with his daily life. Also from ages five and above. And those who are not, we do not want them to be exposed to take care of themselves. The government has done many things. And I think this is being managed very well. At the end of the day, the public has to take responsibility and protect itself. This is all we're saying. Mr. Prime Minister, the last time you did not answer our question, so we would like to get an answer. On the one hand, you present urgency. On the other hand, the regulations change every few days, sometimes even conflicting regulations. You want a fourth jab, but you are unable to raise the number of Israelis who get the third jab. You send Israelis to get tested. And then the testing centers are crashing. You criticized your predecessor for the urgency. What has changed? We operate against a pandemic that changes much quicker than before. The doubling in the Delta was every 10 days. Here it's every two, three days. So it's like taking a film of two hours and shortening it to a few minutes. We could have chosen a strategy of other countries of putting on a lockdown, shutting down the country for a month. This is what happened last year with tremendous damages. We could have also go with the flow and do nothing and see very high morbidity. We're lack to take responsibility to make decisions, even difficult ones. According to the developments, I cannot say that there will not be other developments. There will be. I assess that in the near future, there will also be a change in the criteria about who needs to get tested in order to reduce the amount of testing. We are reaching the peak of our ability. We are aware of this very well. I can already tell you that we will update something that will remove some of the pressure in schools vaccinated who will be exposed to cases will be able to be checked at the schools. And this will start in the coming days. This would also remove some of the pressure. There will be other elements. What can you do? The Omicron is washing the entire world, brings it to extreme situations where taking decisions and update them as much as we can. And we just heard Prime Minister Naftali Bennett address the wave of Omicron surging through Israel at the moment. Really two main headlines out of the Prime Minister's address. There was a decision taken now, finally by the Health Ministry Director General that those over age 60 will be able to receive a fourth shot of the coronavirus vaccine. And another headline from Prime Minister Bennett testing, though as Israel starts running out of COVID tests, those criteria for those who tested will change. He did not go into detail on that. Let's go back to Professor Amit Asad, Deputy Director of Sharia Ethnic Medical Center, speaking to us from Sarah here in Israel. And Professor Asad, let's first of all relate specifically to some of the points raised by the Prime Minister that will directly affect your hospital there, one that a medical staff or medical staff will now be able to get received a fourth shot, a booster shot. And then of course his comment that hit the measures that he's government took basically-