Israel warns about coronavirus resurgence next winter
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Israeli Health Ministry Director Moshe Bar Siman Tov said Israel has to prepare for a second wave of coronavirus in the winter.
According to Bar Siman Toc, “We are trying to find the balance between the economic needs and the needs of the people, but public health has to be protected. Further discussions regarding loosening the regulations will be held tomorrow but it has to be noted that we cannot say the danger is behind us. We can even say what the World Health Organization is saying, that the peak is ahead of us and we have to view that with much consideration.
He added that Israel is “in a respite that allows us to plan further actions on different plains. Economically, we need to improve the systems that need to work better, that is what we are working on right now, and we will address it knowing we are in danger of a second wave. The director warned that “there are fears that we have to be prepared for a wave that would come in the winter and will be comprised of both coronavirus and the flu.”
According to Bar Siman Tov, “one day, we will find out coronavirus is gone and will return to our routine, but the Israeli public has to get used to a new routine. I look at the photographer and those people walking around with face masks and keeping their hygiene – if we keep the regulations, we will be able to live in a coronavirus routine and not be in this tight lockdown.”
There are currently 14,592 people infected with the virus in Israel. Of them, 455 are currently hospitalized, while the death toll has climbed to 191 on Wednesday night.
