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Health Ministry said to admit it’s incapable of handling nursing homes outbreak
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA senior official in the Health Ministry speaking to Channel 13 on the condition of anonymity admitted that his office is not equipped to deal with the growing number of outbreaks taking place in nursing homes throughout the country.
As a result, the Home Front Command will be taking over management of the country’s 700 nursing homes beginning next week. Though the soldiers will not be interacting directly with the residents, Channel 13 says.
Channel 12 reports that the Health Ministry has identified nursing homes as a main threat posed by the coronavirus with the other being the Haredi communities.
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