The next epidemic focus? Three elderly people, all of them nursing home in Rishon Lezion, have died of the virus • Tenants' families demand tests for fear of an outbreak

• Assaf Harofe Hospital // Photo: Yossi Seliger

Nursing homes and sheltered housing are a weak point in the war against the Corona virus, and after the deadly outbreaks of "landscapes" in Jerusalem and "Mashan" in Be'er Sheva such an outbreak is clear. Now there is concern that the name of the Bulgarian nursing home in Rishon Lezion will also join the tragic list of fatal outbreaks, after three of its occupants have already died of the virus.

Just last night (two) two nursing home residents, a 96-year-old with many background illnesses and an 80-year-old man died of the disease at Assaf Harofe Hospital. The two are joined by another 88-year-old elderly woman from the nursing home who died Saturday after contracting the virus. The two deceased were in the nursing home in the nursing ward and the exhausted ward, and the two wards and staff were sent to solitary confinement.

As early as the 88-year-old's death on Saturday, family members of tenants' homes began to demand that the Ministry of Health begin examining all tenants and local workers immediately. Mossad officials also expressed resentment at nursing homes across the country, saying "the feeling is that the Ministry of Health is abandoning us all." The Ministry of Health, on the other hand, noted that tests were also carried out at the site, they were carried out in the department where the tenant lived. As a result, 30 occupants, four brothers and six staff, were placed in solitary confinement. In addition, last week, fire departments disinfect the nursing home.

But now, after the two additional deaths, the Mossad administration's administration is demanding increased scrutiny. The institution's management even approached the office, noting that for the time being and due to manpower cuts, the shifts at the institution would take 12 hours each. However, management noted that MDA teams arrived and performed on-the-spot tests, which revealed six more cases.