New IDF COVID rules: Only vaccinated will draft to reserves

As part of the new IDF coronavirus restrictions, IDF will only draft vaccinated or recovered COVID patients to reserves services.

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi holds a situational assessment at the Salem base in the Menashe Regional Brigade, attended by the OC Central Command Maj.-Gen. Tamir Yadai, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj.-Gen. Rassan Aliyan, Commander of the Judea and Samaria Di (photo credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT)
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi holds a situational assessment at the Salem base in the Menashe Regional Brigade, attended by the OC Central Command Maj.-Gen. Tamir Yadai, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj.-Gen. Rassan Aliyan, Commander of the Judea and Samaria Di
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT)

The IDF announced new COVID-19 guidelines in bases, as the green pass made its return to Israel on Sunday morning.

On Sunday morning, The IDF announced that 637 of its personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. In addition, 1,167 army personnel are in quarantine as of Sunday.
Here are some of the new IDF restrictions:
Masks - Mandatory mask-wearing in open spaces gatherings of over 100 people. In addition, mask-wearing will be mandatory on any occasion a unit commander sees fit.
Gatherings - No more than 100 participants in gatherings in closed spaces. In addition, partitions will be installed in every IDF dining room.
Travel - IDF personnel is forbidden to travel to red countries.
Reserve officers - non-vaccinated IDF personnel will not be drafted to reserves service.
In addition, IDF has forbidden the entrance of guests to army bases.
An active reserve officer has told The Jerusalem Post they have been asked by the IDF regarding their vaccination status already in February.


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