He said that 34% of others diagnosed with the virus in Israel were ultra-Orthodox, with the network accounting for only about 12% of the population.
“The ultra-Orthodox community, through overcrowding and prayers that violate standards of conduct, has reached a height of morbidity. It wants to be treated and a solution will have to be sought, as it affects ultra-Orthodox society, contagion rates in general and hospitals,” Levy said, without giving the main points about the timing of its infection statistics.
While haredi network leaders insisted that their citizens were complying with the closure restrictions, the Twelfth Canal reported that five massive communal succahs had been erected in Jerusalem’s Haredi district of Mea Shearim. Semi-ventilated cottages can accommodate thousands of other people every Holiday in Sucot, starting Friday nights.
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There’s no police presence at the site, the chain said.
King Waldman, a senior police officer, promised Channel 12 that police will “be there” from Thursday to avoid virus restrictions.
Current fitness rules prohibit more than 20 other people from collecting outdoors more than 1,000 meters from their homes.
Reports also emerged Tuesday of a series of incidents in which restrictions on coronaviruses were violated in ultra-Orthodox towns and neighborhoods.
In one case, police arrived at a synagogue in the central city of Modiin Illit, where dozens of worshippers were discovered praying in combination without mask or respecting the rules of social estating. The officers interrupted the demonstration and took five faithful.
Another ultra-Orthodox occasion interrupted by police took place Monday night in the predominantly ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, with a giant collection of the Vizhnitz Hasidic sect. The videos of the occasion showed many other close people without masks.
Nationally, the Ministry of Health’s figures on coronaviruses published Wednesday night showed that the total number of deaths in the country had increased to 1552, thanks to the 17 new patients since the previous day.
Israel recorded a total of 243,895 cases shown since the start of the pandemic, adding 68,110 active cases, of which 821 are severe and 255 are moderate. Ministry of Health figures showed that 5,443 Israelis tested positive since Tuesday.
Figures from the Ministry of Health showed that 34,557 checks were carried out on Tuesday, as the government is gradually seeking to return to the control figures – 50,000 to 60,000 controls – that were catalogued before Yom Kippur this weekend. However, the percentage of positive viral checks remained high, reaching 13. 4% on Tuesday.