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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jul 3;26(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201476. Online ahead of print.
Buying Time With COVID-19 Outbreak Response, Israel
Eyal Leshem, Arnon Afek, Yitshak Kreiss
Abstract
Israel's response during the containment phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020 led to a delay in sustained community transmission and effective mitigation. During February-April 2020, a total of 15,981 confirmed cases resulted in 223 deaths. A total of 179,003 persons reported electronically to self-quarantine and were entitled to paid sick leave.
Keywords: 2019 coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Israel; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; containment; coronavirus; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; travel restrictions; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jul 3;26(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201476. Online ahead of print.
Buying Time With COVID-19 Outbreak Response, Israel
Eyal Leshem, Arnon Afek, Yitshak Kreiss
- PMID: 32620179
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2609.201476
Abstract
Israel's response during the containment phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020 led to a delay in sustained community transmission and effective mitigation. During February-April 2020, a total of 15,981 confirmed cases resulted in 223 deaths. A total of 179,003 persons reported electronically to self-quarantine and were entitled to paid sick leave.
Keywords: 2019 coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Israel; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; containment; coronavirus; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; travel restrictions; viruses; zoonoses.