The operation, in which hundreds of reservists are participating, is intended to help those who are unable to arrive on their own to be tested.

• Major Res. Warszewski. Helps cut off the chain of infection

Hundreds of soldiers from the Home Front Command are currently enlisting in their reserve service and helping MDA carry out corona tests at homes, as part of the "Oak Command" activity.

The Home Front Command operates companies of samples in reserve in the north, south and center of the country, in each of the eleven teams responsible for taking the samples. The purpose of the teams is to sample suspects as corona patients who are unable to reach the drive-in centers, thus helping to diagnose as many patients as possible and assisting in the task of amputating the infection chains.

Establishment of the headquarters to assist in amputating the infection chains // Photo: IDF Spokesman

Major Yuval Warszewski, 43, from Hod Hasharon, a steward by profession, was until a few months ago a team leader of 50 stewards. With the outbreak of the Corona crisis, like many aviation professionals, Yuval also found himself on vacation at home with his three children.

When it was announced in his reserve group that they were looking for a commander to lead a team of reservists to cut off the chain of infection, he immediately understood the importance and stabilized. Yuval is responsible for ten teams that receive the tasks daily and go from house to house together to collect a maximum number of samples, and through reserve drivers pass the tests to laboratories spread across the country.

According to Warszewski: "The IDF has enormous power to optimally manage existing resources, provided that all people come out of a mission and a desire to stand up and assist in such an important mission."