Thanks. They’ve been going back and forth over it for several days now and I think Netanyahu had said they weren’t going to shut down again...I’m nit sure what happened to change that.
What changed it was a report released by the Israeli military that a second wave was coming.
Netanyahu held out as long as possible but the report’s findings were being backed up by the increasing number of new cases, hospital admissions and fatalities.
“Israel in second wave of coronavirus, death toll may soar’”
A report by the Coronavirus National Information and Knowledge Center said Israel is experiencing a second wave of coronavirus and that hundreds of people could die from COVID-19 this summer.
If no action is taken and the current growth rate does not decrease significantly,” the report states, “then in a month, the number of new daily infections will be over 1,000 and the number of dead will reach many hundreds.”
It added that, “this situation could lead to exceedingly difficult financial decisions, to the point of closure.”
According to the report, whose publication was overseen by the IDF Military Intelligence Division in cooperation with the Health Ministry, over the past few weeks, the number of new infections in Israel has consistently risen. From May 15 to 21, the average number of new infections per day was around 16. This week – four weeks later – the average is around 200.”
‘The report reflects the feelings of the health system that we are at the beginning of the second wave,’ said Assuta Ashdod Medical Center deputy director Dr. Hadar Marom.”
https://m.jpost.com/health-science/israel-is-in-coronavirus-second-wave-dead-could-reach-hundreds-report-632147
Yesterday Israel had 4,158 new cases.