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Bennett: We can’t prevent a fifth COVID wave
People wearing face masks shop at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem, on October 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says Israel cannot prevent a fifth COVID wave, as cases in the country tick up.
“We can’t stop the wave, it’s not possible,” he tells ministers. “But we can definitely give the citizens of Israel the tools to protect themselves, in particular against serious symptoms.”
“The public needs to be aware that there will be a dramatic rise in contagion,” Bennett adds. “It’s not an exaggeration, this is the prediction, and I believe it will come very quickly.”
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