Israel Facing A Covid-19 Delta Variant Spread

Washington Post: Israel, counting on herd immunity, declines to reimpose most restrictions as delta variant spreads

JERUSALEM —As the surging delta coronavirus variant forces countries to reinstate restrictions, Israel's new government is standing pat, expressing faith that the nation's high vaccination rate is shielding people from the variant's worst effects.

The number of positive cases is rising, but few people are becoming seriously ill.

Officials decided Sunday night that a spike in positive cases did not warrant a return to lockdown or significant restrictions other than reinstating an indoor mask mandate that had dropped just two weeks ago.

“This past week, there has been a rise in the number of people testing positive in Israel, but there hasn’t been a complementary rise in the number of people hospitalized,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said. “But we need to know, the delta variant does infect vaccinated people.”

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Update #1: Delta variant outbreak in Israel spreads to some vaccinated adults (NYPost)

Update #2: Coronavirus: Delta variant slams shut the reopening of Israel to world (The Australian)

WNU Editor: There are concerns on the rise of infections. But I am more focused on this .... Despite rising infections, Israel records just 1 COVID death in 2 weeks (Times of Israel).

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