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TV: Health Ministry official warns some Haredi groups seeking ‘herd immunity’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHealth Ministry Director-General Chezy Levy has warned that some fringe groups among the ultra-Orthodox are seeking to deliberately get infected with the coronavirus, in a bid to create “herd immunity” in their communities, according to Channel 12.
“This is not our health doctrine and we aren’t adopting herd immunity, with the infections and deaths that it entails. I am very pained by this behavior, and this a moment of truth for advocacy and for the leadership of the community,” Levy is quoted saying.
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