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Israel requires masks indoors again as Delta variant drives up cases
Reuters
Published Friday, June 25, 2021 9:21AM EDT
TEL AVIV -- Israel told its citizens on Friday they must again wear masks indoors, 10 days after being allowed to ditch them, amid a sustained surge in coronavirus infections attributed to the highly contagious Delta variant.
The mask requirement had been one of only a few social curbs remaining as Israel's rapid vaccination drive kept cases down.
But infections more than quadrupled this week to 138 after outbreaks attributed to the Delta variant at two schools, prompting officials to tighten some restrictions again and urge parents to have children between 12 and 15 vaccinated...
Israel requires masks indoors again as Delta variant drives up cases
Reuters
Published Friday, June 25, 2021 9:21AM EDT
TEL AVIV -- Israel told its citizens on Friday they must again wear masks indoors, 10 days after being allowed to ditch them, amid a sustained surge in coronavirus infections attributed to the highly contagious Delta variant.
The mask requirement had been one of only a few social curbs remaining as Israel's rapid vaccination drive kept cases down.
But infections more than quadrupled this week to 138 after outbreaks attributed to the Delta variant at two schools, prompting officials to tighten some restrictions again and urge parents to have children between 12 and 15 vaccinated...