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Virus response chief: Israel seems to have dodged post-Purim COVID surge
Tomer Lotan says that national infection rate, serious cases and deaths trending downwards despite the widespread holiday celebrations at end of February and the reopening of the economy, Ben-Gurion Airport and the education system
Attila Somfalvi, Adir Yanko |
Published: 03.09.21 , 13:42
The head of Israel s national coronavirus response center expressed optimism Tuesday that the country had apparently managed to avoid a surge in coronavirus infections following the Purim holiday at the end of February.
Tomer Lotan said that there has been a substantial decrease in the country s reproduction (R) number, which indicates how many other people someone who carries the virus has infected, despite widespread Purim celebrations that violated health regulations.
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The heads of the
Chul Mehudar group
, a WhatsApp group for ultra-Orthodox professionals in the travel industry, released a statement in response to a report published Monday morning by the leftwing Hebrew-language
Haaretz news outlet, which claimed “ultra Orthodox” Jews are being given preference in booking rescue flights by the Israeli Exceptions Committee.
Haaretz furthermore claimed in its report the preferential treatment “continues even after landing in Israel,” insisting that most “ultra Orthodox” Jews are not required to travel from the airport to “corona hotels” for the mandatory 10 to 14-day quarantine, “because very many of the ultra-Orthodox are equipped with such and such permits… the ultra-Orthodox public has developed a well-oiled system of obtaining such permits and exemptions, for a fee of course, and with the help of contacts with political factors.”