Israel’s mortality rate overtakes US; infected pilgrims bring virus back from Ukraine

Published: 2 October 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Virus cases said found on 17 flights as pilgrims return; some Chasidic travellers reportedly board planes despite having symptoms, refuse testing, contact tracing, possibly skip quarantine

Israel coronavirus mortality rate surpasses US for first time since pandemic began (Haaretz)
Army intelligence report shows Israel also has higher coronavirus infection and mortality rates than US, France, UK, Italy, Austria and South Korea

Virus cases said found on 17 flights as pilgrims return from Ukraine, Belarus (Times of Israel)
Some Chasidic travellers reportedly board planes to Tel Aviv despite having COVID-19 symptoms, refuse testing, contact tracing, possibly skip quarantine

Netanyahu won't crack down on ultra-Orthodox despite virus surge (Al-Monitor)
BEN CASPIT: Though the ultra-Orthodox community's disregard for pandemic measures has emerged as central to Israel's virus problem, Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu can't afford to endanger his political alliance with them

Haredim are willing to sicken and die, with the help of Israel’s leaders (Haaretz)
ANSHEL PFEFFER: The coronavirus is the latest example of a long-term act of self-destruction

Photo: A coronavirus ward in Shaare Tzedek hospital, Jerusalem, September (Emil Salman)