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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Kashrut supervisor ‘patient zero’ in Arab town with virus cluster
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHebrew-language website Ynet reports that a Kashrut supervisor could be behind a coronavirus outbreak in the Galilee Arab town of Deir al-Asad, where 24 people have been confirmed positive.
According to Ynet, an epidemiological investigation found that the Kashrut supervisor visited a slaughterhouse in the town on April 5 and infected several of the workers who went on to infect others.
Hundreds of people in the town of 12,000 underwent testing today with the Health Ministry saying that the real number of infections could be much higher and that it is considering a lockdown.
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