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ISRAEL “ONE STEP” FROM LOCKDOWN BY DAVID SAFFER
Israel is “one step” away from a full lockdown Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned this week as coronovirus cases escalated across the country. Health experts believe it has been sparked by the recent reopening of the economy. Netanyahu reportedly made his “only one step” comments at a hastily convened corona cabinet meeting after it was clear Israel was in the midst of a second wave of the deadly virus. “We must take immediate steps,” Netanyahu noted. Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kisch said the ‘complacent’ Israeli public would be to blame if the government imposed another lockdown. “The public was more complacent than the public in other countries, which also suffered a severe blow” he reportedly said.
Kish added that summer schools may have to be cancelled, while weddings and events should be stopped. “The second wave is already being felt,” said Dr. Moshe Sharist, director of Ichilov’s Emergency Medicine Division. “We are seeing far more confirmed patients than we did in the quiet weeks.” Health Minister Yuli Edelstein told Knesset MKs that new measures had to be instigated. “The virus is changing its behaviour and we must adjust ours accordingly,” Edelstein said. Among stringent new measures restaurants can only have 20 people outside, 19 people can attend a synagogue and a maximum of 20 people can travel on a bus with air conditioning banned. Clubs, bars and public swimming pools would also be affected. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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