Professor Ronni Gamzu, tsar of coronavirus, said Thursday that Israel’s coronavirus infection rates are the highest in the world relative to population size, and warned that the country could face some other national blockade if cases were shown not to be reduced to “hundreds” until September. 1.
It was not known with what knowledge the fitness officer relied on for monitoring Israel’s reaction to the virus in this assessment, and whether it concerned the overall rate or accumulation rate in recent weeks. According to various global rankings, adding Worldometer, Israel ranks 16 to 19 in terms of instances consistent with millions of others – the United States, Gulf states and some Latin American countries – with all instances counted since the start of the pandemic.
The virus tsar also brought its color-coded system, in which cities and towns will see viral restrictions adapted to their local infection rates. In “red” villages, he said, at the highest level, schools might not open in the fall, he said, while “green” peoples will comfortably see restrictions on meetings and events.
At Gamzu’s request, the government canceled weekend closures on Thursday in the purchase of malls, retail stores and markets that had been implemented to prevent the spread of coronavirus, after building that regulations did not lower infection rates.