‘Israel Likely To See Over 2 Million Active COVID Cases In 2 Weeks’

As Israel keeps breaking coronavirus infection records spurred by the highly infectious Omicron variant, a senior health expert says that Israel will likely see over two million active cases in two weeks, Ynet reports.

Prof. Eran Segal from the Weizmann Institute told Ynet that research around the world has shown the true number of Omicron infections are three or four times higher than those identified in testing. Segal has developed a coronavirus prediction model that is used by the coronavirus cabinet.

“It is possible that one out of every 15 Israelis is either infected or can infect others,” he said. “At the peak of the Omicron wave, some two million Israelis will be infected and in total anywhere between two and four million will have been exposed to the virus.”
Segal said the peak will come within the next two weeks and will be followed by an eventual drop in morbidity. “By next week, we may see one in 10 or even one in eight infected and be a carrier of the disease. I must stress the importance of vaccines and minimal exposure [to virus], especially among the at-risk population because we are already observing an increase in serious illness,” he said.

{Matzav.com Israel}