Number of Coronavirus Patients in Israel Grows to 12; International Events Cancelled
3 March, 2020 |
4 years ago
Jerusalem, 3 March, 2020 (TPS) -- The number of Israelis diagnosed with Coronavirus grew to 12 on Monday after a man and a woman who had recently returned from Italy were confirmed to have contracted the virus.
The Ministry of Health published the locations that the patients visited since returning to the country and asked the public who was on the flight with them or who may have encountered them in public to enter a self-imposed quarantine for 14 days.
All the Israeli patients are in light condition and are in quarantine at a special compound at the Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv.
Some 5,000 Israelis have been sent into quarantine, mostly at home, out of fear that they may have contracted the virus. The state arranged designated ballots for them on elections day.
The US Army announced on Monday the cancellation of the Eagle Genesis drill in Israel. The exercise was to involve paratroops from the 173rd Airborne Brigade who are stationed in Vicenza, Italy, an area which is combating an outbreak of the virus and in which some 55 have died from it.
Israel’s Bicycle Association in Israel announced the cancellation of the annual European Bicycle Association (UNION EUROPÉENNE DE CYCLISME) conference, which was scheduled for next weekend in Tel Aviv.
The cancellation was the result of the Ministry of Health’s directive not to hold international conferences in Israel.
The cases of Corona that have been recorded in Israel are mostly of Israelis returning from the east or Italy, and possibly some who have come in contact with tourists from South Korea who were already ill with the virus, but there has yet to be a widespread outbreak in the country.
Israeli researchers at MIGAL Institute announced Thursday that they have made a breakthrough on the way to developing an effective vaccine against Coronavirus and expect it to be ready in the coming weeks.
The novel Coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting 76 countries around the world.
At least 91,100 cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed worldwide, including at least 3,100 deaths. Some 48,000 have recovered. l due to the spread of Corona.
