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Police to crackdown on violators of Health Ministry guidelines
[Jpost] The country will be doing more to enforce the Health Ministry’s primary coronavirus regulations as the number of people infected with COVID-19 surges throughout Israel....A decision was made to activate the police, local authority inspectors and even population and immigration inspectors — each according to his strengths — to enforce regulations in four areas: wearing masks, congregating in groups that are too large or too close together, complying with the "Purple Ribbon" standard for businesses, and enforcing isolation of patients and people who have come in contact with them. ...The meeting piggybacked on remarks made earlier in the day by Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, who said that the government did not yet have intention to "go backwards" and begin reinstating closures. Rather, he said, that strict enforcement of the regulations would be instated. Edelstein compared violating regulations to breaking traffic laws. "Anyone who walks around without a mask is like someone who drove at 160 kilometers per hour," he said. "In 2019, 349 people were killed in traffic accidents." In the last three months, 299 Israelis have died of coronavirus. "Only when people make this connection will we be able to dramatically reduce the spread of coronavirus," Edelstein said. Some 148 more people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s total number of infected people since the start of the crisis to 18,180. There are currently 2,722 active cases — up 115 from the day before. Among the sick are 31 people with serious symptoms — up two from Monday. Among them are 23 people who are intubated. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-06-10 |
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