PM’s adviser on pandemic: We’ve lost control of the virus

5 July 2020, 8:12 pm

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Prof. Eli Wachsman, who is advising the prime minister on the pandemic, tells Channel 12: “We’ve lost control of the virus.”

He warns that in the next three weeks, if no restrictions are rolled out, there will be 300 new serious COVID-19 cases. Weeks later, that number will jump to 1,200, posing a serious strain on Israel’s healthcare system.

The government must “prevent all gatherings of over 20 people,” he says.

If Israel does not act immediately, in two weeks the country will be back in a full lockdown, he warns.

He also calls for the IDF to lead a new inter-ministerial body to handle the pandemic and guide Israel through the “the worst national civilian crisis” it has ever faced.