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Thursday, October 8, 2020
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Thursday, October 8, 2020
Health Ministry chief: Hospitals aren’t collapsing, health system is heroic
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHealth Ministry Director-General Chezy Levy holds a press conference on the state of the coronavirus pandemic.
Levy says the high infection rates have caused “great stress” on hospitals, but insists they “are not collapsing. The health system is not collapsing. The health system is heroic — in the community and in hospitals.”
He implores the public to adhere to health guidelines and avoid all gatherings.
Levy rejects the possibility that Israel will seek to achieve herd immunity in its fight against COVID-19.
“Herd immunity requires many illnesses and deaths. We will not go down that route.”
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