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Thursday, March 19, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, March 19, 2020
IDF says 10th soldier has been identified as a COVID-19 carrier
The Israel Defense Forces says another soldier has been identified as a carrier of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the military to 10.
According to the IDF, the serviceman is a 24-year-old career soldier — identified as Patient 432 — who was infected by another confirmed carrier of the disease.
The IDF Medical Corps and Health Ministry are working to retrace the soldier’s movements in order to locate people he may have been in contact with and infected, the military says.
— Judah Ari Gross
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