Updated December 7, 2021 10:19 AM IST
After Travel:
All travelers arriving from orange countries who are not vaccinated or recovered in the last 6 months are required to quarantine for 14 days. Quarantine may be shortened to 7 days, according to the following instructions:
1. A PCR test is performed in the airport upon arrival
2. A second PCR test is performed on the seventh day of quarantine. Tests can be done either in private clinics or by the Home Front Command with no appointment for free.
3. In the event that both tests are negative, the person may exit quarantine immediately. One need not wait for official notification from the Ministry of Health.
All other passengers arriving from orange countries are required to quarantine for 3 days, and must take a second PCR test on the third day. They may exit quarantine on receipt of the second negative Covid test.
After Testing Positive for Corona:
After testing positive for Corona, a person is required to quarantine for 10 days. Day 1 is the day on which he was tested and he may leave quarantine from midnight following day 10.
A Kupat Cholim member will need to obtain a recovery letter from their Kupat Cholim. On day 9 or 10, contact your Kupah’s Corona Hotline (Meuhedet *9506, Maccabi *3555) and request that they prepare a recovery letter for you, and a recovery letter will automatically be issued after midnight following day 10. This can be accessed from your online account or through your local branch. Please note, until a release letter is generated, one will not be able to leave the country.
This recovery letter also makes you eligible for a Green Pass, as outlined here.
Anyone who is not registered in Kupat Cholim e.g. tourists, will need to obtain a recovery letter from Bikur Rofeh, a company run by the Ministry of Health for Corona related matters for those not registered with a Kupat Cholim. Their phone number is 03-627-2366. It can be very difficult to reach them. You may need to leave messages with thire messaging company, requesting an urgent call-back.
After Coming into Contact with Corona Patient:
Those vaccinated or recovered in Israel do not need to quarantine after being exposed to Corona.
Those who were not vaccinated or recovered in Israel are required to quarantine for 14 days after having been exposed to Corona. This can be shortened to 7 days by testing negative at the start of quarantine and again on day 7. The first test is performed as close as possible to the exposure and the second test can be performed on day 7. There must be 24 hours between the two tests. See here for testing locations. Once the second negative results are received, one need not wait for any notification and quarantine is over. Note, quarantine begins from the day after the last exposure to Corona.
For more information on what is considered exposure to Corona, see the chart below (Hebrew).
