Israeli officials warned on Wednesday that the country was at risk of “losing control” over a second-wave outbreak of coronavirus, as 532 new infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours and hospitals were told to gear up for a flood of new patients.
“We may have opened too quickly. The public is not disciplined or wearing masks,” professor Sigal Sadetzky, head of public health services in the Health Ministry, told Ynet on Thursday.
The Health Ministry’s daily case tally as of Wednesday night was the highest in more than two months. However, the number of serious cases rose by just one, to 46 out of 5,796 active cases. On Wednesday, Israel conducted 16,990 tests and showed a 2.6 percent positive rate.
No new deaths were reported.
A total of 189 people are hospitalized as a result of coronavirus, with 15,940 already having recovered.
Israel’s Channel 12 reported that health experts told officials responsible for the government’s coronavirus policy that the country is “on the verge of losing control,” and predicted that 1,000 new daily cases would be reported within the next five days.
Sadetsky told Channel 12 that she supported a renewal of a controversial policy allowing the digital tracking of virus carriers and those exposed to them, which the Israel Security Agency has opposed.
On Wednesday night, Defense Minister Benny Gantz ordered the IDF Home Front Command to make arrangements with additional hotels to house quarantined coronavirus patients who could not self-isolate at home. There are already six facilities open for COVID-19 patients.
Also on Wednesday, police ramped up efforts to enforce face-mask regulations, handing out 2,264 fines of NIS 500 ($145) apiece.
The government is reportedly weighing partial closures for several areas afflicted with a rise in coronavirus cases, having already partially locked down two cities on Wednesday.
According to an IDF task force, 14 percent of new infections are located in five ultra-Orthodox communities, including Bnei Brak, Beitar Illit and Beit Shemesh.
(JNS)
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BALONEY! Chareidim living in these “infected” cities have said they don’t know anyone sick unless coroney baloney = some fever which is non-contagious. They can report such nonsense and lies about charedi communities because they’re well aware that most don’t have internet and won’t deny it.
Being tested with the ‘positive’ nonsense also doesn’t mean anything because those who were tested ‘positive’ didn’t become sick.
IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY FOR EVERYONE WALKING AROUND IN A MASK TO GET A PULSE OXIMETER which is a small, battery-operated, lightweight device to put on the finger to monitor the amount of oxygen and heart-rate as people wearing a mask reduce the oxygen level. The more active, the more oxygen dropped and can even drop down to dangerous levels. Which is why many wearing masks fainted, had dysfunctioning organs, heart attacks or even died.
The danger of wearing a mask. Must listen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqhwwLbNZqo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWVA3yZjV50
https://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/face-masks-harm-children-and-some-have-even-died-california-governor-dictates-eve
WHO (World Health Organization) states: There “is no evidence wearing a mask by a healthy person in a community setting can prevent infection with respiratory viruses, including COVID-19” and further concludes “universal community masking” is ineffective at preventing “infection from respiratory viruses, including COVID-19.”
CDC states: “no significant reduction” in “transmission with the use of face
Covid-19 the virus that fooled the entire word with the first wave, esp. Israel, went by so easily, why not a second wave?
BSD
If 18% comes from Charedi sector
then where is the other 84% coming from?
What’s your question ? Isn’t it clear that the remaining 82% and not 84% comes from the rest of the population.
How is it that besides some fever no one is sick from the coronavirus nonsense in the chareidi sector. The answer is clearly because chareidim would not refute it because they don’t watch TV, listen to radio and don’t have internet and don’t even know they’re being accused of having the most coronavirus cases.