(ANSAmed) - TEL AVIV, JULY 05 - Israel is "in a state of emergency". This was said by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu afronte of the current second wave of coronavirus infections.
"We are in a state of emergency - he stressed at the opening of the government meeting in Jerusalem - and we cannot delay legislation on the measures to be taken. We must go ahead and stop the spread". The coronavirus pandemic is spreading over these days at a very similar pace both in Israel and among the Palestinians in the West Bank, arousing a similar apprehension among the respective health managers. In Israel, the ministry of health points out, the positive cases have risen to 29,366 today: six thousand more than a week ago and 1,800 more than two days ago. The sick are now 11,189: 40 of the most serious cases have been added since the beginning of the July. There are now 330 deaths while healings amount to 17,847. In the tests conducted between yesterday and today, a contagion rate of about 5 percent has been detected. Two weeks ago it was 2 percent. (ANSAmed).
Coronavirus: Netanyahu, Israel in a state of emergency
2020-07-06T01:15:19.003Z
Israel is "in a state of emergency". This was said by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu in the face of the current second wave of coronavirus infections. (HANDLE)