And did he get a green passport?
In other words, if my wife wanted to go to Israel to see her brother, she would have to quarantine at his place, right? Or can she quarantine at an airbnb?
But theoretically she could signup for Harel, take an antibody test, get a green passport, and checkin at the Waldorf after getting the SMS? How long would the green passport take once she got the antibody results?
Said person being from Australia, hasn’t had Covid-19, had hoped to get vaccinated by MDA, but that was halted just before arriving in TLV so it became a non option. Had to complete 10 day quarantine (based on said person’s experience AirBnB or similar should be ok) and only then was able to get first vaccine dose. Wasn’t initially planning on staying in Israel that long, but decided to stay long enough in order to get 2nd dose. That hasn’t occurred yet so I can’t comment on the actual green passport. The big shame is that no matter what, a 2 week paid hotel quarantine will be required upon return to Australia.
It is also unclear to me if the cancellation of quarantine equals green passport. A green passport is issued to anyone that has a certificate of recovery (that can only be issued by a Kupat Cholim doctor as far as I understand) or certificate of vaccination. In the case I am describing above, two vaccine doses will be administered in Israel, so green passport is likely (though might need to wait mandatory timeframe post vaccination. IDK if Harel insurance needs to be maintained until green passport is actually issued.)
My current plans have me traveling to Israel in a couple of weeks, I haven’t decided yet whether to attempt to get a Pfizer vaccine there (I wouldn’t stay for two doses. I would get a second one, if needed, on a future visit). Maybe Harel will allow me to get a certificate of recovery, and maybe it won’t be needed based on the antibody tests I had done before Purim.
I will bez”h report back once I decide what to do and have actual experience.
ETA: I just realized that Israeli guidelines are for recoverees to only get one dose of the vaccine. They also have a blanket 6/30/2021 expiration for certificate of recovery, regardless of when one recovered, so strategy might be to get Harel and then see whether I can get a longer dated recovery certificate, or single dose that will grant certificate. If I end up getting the vaccine there, I will have had one dose of Moderna and one dose of Pfizer.