The Israeli army said Wednesday that it is creating a working organization with coronavirus with the aim of cutting off the chain of infection in the country.
In a statement, the military said the new task force would begin operating next week and connect all the different bodies under one umbrella.
The unit, run by a brigadier general, will operate a sampling center, quarantine center, recovery hotels, an evaluation complex and an epidemiological research center.
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The move looks to give the country’s largest organization overall responsibility for contact tracing at a time when the government has come under fire for its handling of the pandemic.
The Ministry of Defence has long advocated the use of the army’s vast infrastructure and resources to combat the spread of the virus, but has been postponed due to intergovernmental disputes.
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