15 treated for shortness of breath

Fifteen people were treated for symptoms of shortness of breath and coughing due to the sandstorm sweeping Israel, all at Ziv Medical Center in Safed in northern Israel.

Some of the patients are known sufferers of Chronic Pulmonary Obstruction Syndrome. Two COPD sufferers were hospitalized in very serious condition and two other people were hospitalized in serious condition.

A first-grade schoolboy was also treated for shortness of breath.

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