Israel has just celebrated Purim, which saw many gatherings, and on Sunday close to a million people are expected to attend the high-density funeral of the Haredi leader Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky. This could increase the spread of the virus.
These 2 factors bring virus spread. One is the big gathering we mentioned above. 2nd one is BA.2 which is thought to be more infectious than the original Omicron, but the jury is out on whether it is more serious.
After weeks of shrinking COVID numbers, Israel’s transmission rate reached 1.1. This means that cases are expected to rise — and represents an ominous warning that Israel could be moving in the same direction as the United Kingdom, where cases are rocketing.
Till March 23, Israel is reporting 7,920 new infections on average each day, 10% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on January 25. There have been 3,776,852 infections and 10,431 coronavirus-related deaths reported in the country since the pandemic began.
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