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Israel was down to a handful of daily COVID cases. Now it's around 11,000. What happened?
Israel has the highest 7-day rolling average of new daily coronavirus cases per million people
Mark Gollom · CBC News · Posted: Sep 01, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 6 hours ago
Just months ago, Israel was a world leader in vaccinating its population and appeared to be putting a stranglehold on the virus that causes COVID-19, wrestling down its daily case count to double digits — and at times, near zero.
But any potential celebration was short-lived, as the more contagious delta variant gained traction and spread quickly, to the point where Israel's most recent daily case count was around 11,000 — a level not seen since January.
According to some Israeli scientists, this reversal of fortune provides lessons for countries like Canada, as we enter a fourth wave, to remain cautious about letting any guard down — to avoid some of the mistakes their country made.
"This is a very clear warning sign for the rest of the world," said Dr. Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer at Clalit Health Services (CHS), in a recent interview with the magazine Science.
"If it can happen here, it can probably happen everywhere."
While Israel often topped the list of population vaccinated by Oxford University-based Our World in Data, now it's leading in another category: It has the world's highest seven-day rolling average of new daily coronavirus cases per million people...
Israel was down to a handful of daily COVID cases. Now it's around 11,000. What happened?
Israel has the highest 7-day rolling average of new daily coronavirus cases per million people
Mark Gollom · CBC News · Posted: Sep 01, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 6 hours ago
Just months ago, Israel was a world leader in vaccinating its population and appeared to be putting a stranglehold on the virus that causes COVID-19, wrestling down its daily case count to double digits — and at times, near zero.
But any potential celebration was short-lived, as the more contagious delta variant gained traction and spread quickly, to the point where Israel's most recent daily case count was around 11,000 — a level not seen since January.
According to some Israeli scientists, this reversal of fortune provides lessons for countries like Canada, as we enter a fourth wave, to remain cautious about letting any guard down — to avoid some of the mistakes their country made.
"This is a very clear warning sign for the rest of the world," said Dr. Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer at Clalit Health Services (CHS), in a recent interview with the magazine Science.
"If it can happen here, it can probably happen everywhere."
While Israel often topped the list of population vaccinated by Oxford University-based Our World in Data, now it's leading in another category: It has the world's highest seven-day rolling average of new daily coronavirus cases per million people...