“Those celebrating at these contagion parties should know a spike in infection will be registered in your names, business closures will be because of you, loss of human life will be on your conscience,” a furious Edelstein told Army Radio.
“Come to your senses! It’s not too late,” he pleaded.
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein at a press conference in Jerusalem on February 10, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Coronavirus czar Nachman Ash also criticized the “outrageous pictures of irresponsible mass celebrations and gatherings” in Tel Aviv.
“The responsibility is in the hands of the public, and it is very unfortunate that this is how they choose to behave these days, when the morbidity figures are still high,” Ash said in a statement.
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1. Party poopers: Israel is preparing Thursday to head back under curfew over fears that Purim holiday celebrations could turn into a superspreader event, but the horse may have already left the barn.
Several news outlets report on street parties in Tel Aviv the evening before, including footage showing large crowds of revelers. “Hundreds of youths were seen at street parties in several places including Kerem Hateimanim, the Carmel Market and Dizengoff Square, dancing and cavorting without masks or any adherence to social distance guidelines,” an outraged Channel 12 news reports.
The channel quotes the owner of a bar saying he did nothing wrong. “We sold alcohol as takeout, which is allowed. The police came and asked us to close everything, claiming that we were responsible for the crowd.”