Posted By Ruth King on December 29th, 2020
As the year winds down and a third near-standstill takes place, more than 100 Israeli medical experts took a welcome ax to conventional coronavirus wisdom.
Even after Israel entered its third nationwide lockdown on Sunday afternoon, members of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee were still duking out the details. It wasn’t until Monday at noon that the current restrictions were approved by a vote of 8-7. And even those were altered somewhat.
Ironically, just as many Israelis flooded hair salons and malls ahead of the latest closure as they have been lining up to get vaccinated. But at least the latter is being carried out with startling efficiency. Indeed, Israel is leading the world in the number of vaccines distributed per capita.
Netanyahu, health minister meet 500,000th Israeli to receive COVID-19 vaccine
Netanyahu, health minister meet 500,000th Israeli to receive COVID-19 vaccine
“It warms the heart to see the citizens of Israel joining in to help” one another, says the Israeli premier as the country continues to lead the world in per capita vaccinations.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein meet Herzl and Fadila Levy, the country s 500,000th people to be vaccinated against COVID-19, at a Clalit Health Services vaccination facility in Jerusalem on Dec. 29, 2020. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.
(December 30, 2020 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Tuesday congratulated the country’s 500,000th person to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Virus czar says lockdown isn t effective, needs to be stricter
Prof. Nachman Ash tells leaders of local authorities they are not enforcing the lockdown well enough and he ll recommend tightening the restrictions; says Israel might reach herd immunity through vaccination by May
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Published: 12.30.20 , 21:09
Israel s coronavirus said Wednesday evening the nationwide lockdown in its current form is not effective enough in bringing down the infection and needs to be much stricter.
Prof. Nachman Ash said in a meeting with heads of local authorities that the Health Ministry will have to recommend tightening of the lockdown, which Israel entered on Sunday evening.
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