The data on coronavirus cases published on Tuesday is worrying for Chareidi communities in Israel, which are leading the country in the number of new virus cases in the past week.
Bnei Brak had the highest number of new coronavirus cases in Israel in the past week, with 148 cases. For comparison, there were 138 new cases in the past week in Tel Aviv, which has double the population.
Netanya had 79 new cases, most of them in Chareidi neighborhoods and in Petach Tikvah there were 51 new cases, also mostly in Chareidi neighborhoods.
Elad had 43 new cases in the past week. There has also been an outbreak in the past week in Tiveria, with 34 new cases, all in the Chareidi neighborhoods of the city.
The IDF’s Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center stated that “due to the new outbreak of the coronavirus in Tiveria in recent days, an analysis was carried out on the morbidity data in the city.”
“An epidemiological investigation shows that out of the cases of which the source is known, 52% were infected at Kollelim and 48% at home. It’s possible that the initial infection occurred around Shavuos and stemmed from Netanya.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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so what are we doing wrong in new york? is this only an israeli problem ? could this happen here again?
The photo with the article (hopefully an old photo) shows what today would be mindless behavior by these bochurim in neighborhoods with outbreaks and concerns about community spread…no masks ,no distancing and not waiting for the stairs to clear before going up/down in the opposite direction. Especially for younger kids and teens, there needs to be constant reminders from the top (principles, teachers, rabbonim and askanim) and some consequences for chronic violators.
only 300 deaths, all old people. There was hardly even a first wave
Frumshmurda718,
What if there had been only one death. Which death? Your death. Would you call it first wave? You would call it earthquake.
Frumshmurda, behind each of those “only” 300 deaths stand hundreds of damaged lives and thousands spared from the same by the regulations. Would you finesse netilat yadayim the same way that you finesse pikuah nefesh?