Israel’s Health Ministry reported the country’s first death from the coronavirus on Friday night as 88-year-old Aryeh Even.�
Even was admitted to�Sha’are�Tzedek�Hospital about a week ago in very serious condition with multiple underlying�conditions.��
During the week he suffered from cardiac arrest and was resuscitated but his condition continued to�deteriorate�and he passed away about 9 p.m. on Friday night.�
Even, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary, is survived by four children, 18 grandchildren and one great-grandson.�
Even was a resident of the Migdal�Nofim�assisted-living-home in Jerusalem, where a social worker, unaware she was carrying the virus, caused at outbreak to�occur. Another�resident of the facility is in grave condition at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital.�
There are 883 cases of the coronavirus in Israel as of�Motzei�Shabbos.
(YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem)
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First. For the reports of a panic response to have credibility, they should be reporting the deaths of many young and healthy adults, and children. A pandemic that only kills the sick and old is a nuisance, not a crisis.