Published: 21 September 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Virus czar orders hospitals to open new COVID wards, warns of 600 deaths monthly (Times of Israel)
‘Our situation is very grave,’ says Gamzu as toll rises to 1,256 and hospitals expected to reach limit of 800 serious cases; further restrictions unlikely until after Yom Kippur
In Israel’s first hospital to turn away coronavirus patients, a stark warning of collapse (Haaretz)
Overcrowded coronavirus wards and lack of staff trained in treating severe cases edge this hospital in northern Israel closer to a tipping point, and its director stresses lockdown is not the cure
Ultra-Orthodox protest lockdown, with some suspected of evading travel rules (Times of Israel)
Police reportedly believe some demonstrations are a ploy to move between cities during coronavirus shutdown; rallies held in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak
Coronavirus cabinet to convene Tuesday, police issue 3,000 tickets (Jerusalem Post)
Nearly 700 patients in serious condition; 40 people died over the holiday
Unemployment is surging, NGOs are collapsing, so Israelis volunteer to turn the tide (Haaretz)
Some 165,000 have volunteered for the first time due to the coronavirus crisis, a bittersweet statistic revealing that the government should be doing more
Photo: The Western Galilee Hospital in the northern city of Nahariya, September 14 (Amir Levy)
