The army is preparing for a targeted attempt to stop the spread of the plague • 500 IDF soldiers will be directed to enforce the closure in the red cities but will not hand out reports or detain civilians
Home Front Command soldiers in Tel Aviv // Photo: Eyal Margolin, Ginny
Home Front Command Uri Gordin said today (Friday) in a conversation with reporters that the IDF is participating in a targeted effort by all elements in power in Israel in order to curb the corona virus in a way that does not require a general closure during the holidays.
"We are in an effort to prevent closure in the run-up to the holidays as much as possible. The IDF will thicken the Israeli police by about 500 soldiers for enforcement missions," said Halo, Gordin. The general accepted the lack of cooperation from the Arab and ultra-Orthodox public and said:
Living in overcrowding, life form is much more vulnerable to epidemic.
There is great difficulty in cooperating.
This is an ongoing event.
It is difficult".
According to Gordin, the soldiers will not enforce but will intensify and increase the splitting of the police squads as in the first wave.
The soldiers will assist the police in enforcing the closure and enforcing business closures and banning traffic at night.
Gordin further added that 300 Home Front Command soldiers are currently working as contagion investigators.
About 400 students are working on it in the Ministry of Health.
In addition, the Home Front Command is setting up an array of 1,000 investigators to assist local authorities.
"The effectiveness of the testing and sampling system and the rate of return of the samples has increased significantly since we went into operation. We will improve further. We are in two large systems that are each used to working independently - cooperation between the IDF and the Ministry of Health has greatly improved and needs to be further improved," Gordin said. .
The Ministry of Health today published data on corona in Israel, which show that 993 people have died from the disease since it broke out.
123 respirators and 426 patients in critical condition.