Doctor in north: One-quarter of my COVID patients are under 50

Dr. Masad Barhoum, who heads the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, tells Army Radio that 25% of his COVID-19 patients are aged under 50.

He pleads for a further two weeks of tight lockdown, in which schools and stores remain closed, warning of a fourth wave of infection.

“Most of the patients have the British variant. This is the fear in reopening schools — infections and sickness among children and young people,” he says.

Barhoum warns that young people are underestimating the dangers of the virus and neglecting to get vaccinated.

“The target populations doesn’t want to get vaccinated. In addition, five weeks of a quasi-lockdown have left the public burnt out. People are no longer concerned by the price of the pandemic, they are repressing the number of the dead.”