More Israeli neighborhoods affected by Coronavirus may be shut down
The Jerusalem Post says more neighborhoods, potentially of a mainly Haredi populace, may be quarantined due to their high Coronavirus infections:
Update: here's more on the Jewish Press.
A senior Health Ministry official said that several neighborhoods throughout the country in which the novel coronavirus is rampant may also undergo total lockdowns, much like the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak did on Friday, according to N12.Here's more:
The official explained, according to N12, that "Elad, Modi'in-Elit, Migdal Haemek and a number of neighborhoods in Jerusalem" will also be closed down.
Jerusalem, home to close to one million people, has the highest rate of infection in the country, with 1,132 people as of Friday.Another reason why a lockdown of these neighborhoods is for the best?
Currently there are 120 cases of coronavirus in Elad, a city of 46,760 people, according to the Health Ministry. Beit Shemesh has 118 cases out of 120,812 people, Migdal Ha’emek has 82 out of 26,058, and Modi’in Illit has 91 out of a population of 73,808.
The government is also considering placing closures on at least two secular cities, Channel 12 reported: Ashkelon, which has 170 cases in the city of 139,032 and Tiberias, which has 83 cases in the city of 44,353. [...]
At a meeting of the Knesset coronavirus committee last week, Maccabi Health Services CEO Prof. Ran Saar said that his fund handles the healthcare of half of the city’s residents and, “according to various indications, about 38% of the residents of Bnei Brak are ill, which is 75,000 people.”
Then, on Friday night, the police were forced to crack down Jerusalem’s haredi Mea She’arim neighborhood. Police reported that dozens of people there were violating the Health Ministry’s social distancing regulations. When approached, many people threw stones at the police.If any hoodlums and extremists in those enclaves are going to riot, that's why it's dangerous to allow them to access the rest of the public, because they have no concerns over infecting others, let alone becoming infected themselves, as they may already be. If that's how it's going to be, they'll have to be shut out from the rest of the world for a time.
Police used stun grenades to deal with the disturbances and arrested 10 suspects. In addition, 30 fines were written to people who did not keep to the strict laws and health regulations.
Update: here's more on the Jewish Press.
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