Israel decline in cases seen after lockdown. Active cases drop below 10,000.

[Mary Wilson]

By Associated Press, Wire Service Content Sept. 13, 2020, at 2:09 p.m.

BY TIA GOLDENBERG AND ARON HELLER, Associated Press

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement in a televised speech Sunday.

Beginning Friday, the eve of the Jewish New Year, schools, restaurants, malls and hotels among other businesses will shut down and restrictions on movement will be imposed. The lockdown is expected to last at least three weeks, when measures may be eased depending on morbidity.

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/ar...us-cases-surge

[sharon sanders]

The Israel gov dashboard is showing 153,758 cases, 1,108 deaths.

https://datadashboard.health.gov.il/COVID-19/general

Link to our previous thread on Israel

https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/-2019-ncov-new-coronavirus/israel-covid-19/830605-israel-covid-19-cases-and-news-135-288-cases-1-031-deaths/page13#post892036

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_th...t_76721060.htm

Israel reports record daily rise in COVID-19 fatalities
Xinhua, September 20, 2020

JERUSALEM, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli Ministry of Health reported 30 new COVID-19 death cases on Saturday, bringing the total fatalities to 1,226.

This is the highest daily rise in death cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in late February, as the previous record was 27, registered on Friday.

The COVID-19 cases in Israel rose by 4,531 within one day to a total of 183,602.

The number of patients in serious condition increased from 581 to a record high of 604, out of 1,244 patients currently hospitalized.

The number of recoveries reached 132,449, with 2,425 new recoveries, while active cases currently stand at 49,927...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel-...soar-1.5118030

Israel tightens second lockdown as virus cases soar
Joseph Krauss
The Associated Press
Published Thursday, September 24, 2020 7:22AM EDT Last Updated Thursday, September 24, 2020 3:36PM EDT



JERUSALEM -- Israel on Thursday moved to further tighten its second countrywide lockdown as coronavirus cases continued to soar, ordering all nonessential businesses to close and requiring people to stay within 1,000 metres (yards) of their homes.

Prayers during the ongoing Jewish High Holidays, as well as political demonstrations, would be limited to open spaces and no more than 20 people, and participants would have to remain within the restricted distance from home.

The measures are set to go into force on Friday afternoon, as the country shuts down for the weekly Sabbath ahead of the solemn holy day of Yom Kippur on Sunday and Monday. Even during normal times, Israel completely shuts down for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, with businesses and airports closed, roads empty, and even radio and television stations going silent...

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.jpost.com/health-science...gle-day-643578

Jerusalem Post Health & Science
Israel under lockdown as coronavirus cases top 8,000 in a single day
Public transportation will operate in a limited format, mainly to allow essential and approved workers to get to and from their jobs.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 18:21

The country headed into a tighter closure at 2 p.m. on Friday just before the Health Ministry released a new set of numbers showing that more than 8,000 people were diagnosed with coronavirus the day before.
Of the 66,640 people screened for coronavirus, some 8,178 were positive - 12.2%. Some 708 people are in serious condition, including 178 on ventilators...

[kiwibird]

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-west-bank-coronavirus-covid-19-lockdown-vaccine-1.9278486

Coronavirus Israel Live: Decline in New Cases May Have Halted, Intel Report Says

Active cases drop below 10,000 ■ Israel shortens quarantine from 14 to 12 days ■ Clinical trials for Israeli coronavirus vaccine begin
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The downward trend of coronavirus infection rates achieved following Israel's second nationwide lockdown might have been slowed down almost to a complete stop, according to a report published by Israel’s national coronavirus command center