Israel took strong early steps against Covid-19, but now the virus is resurging and some say the country reopened too soon.
Many of experts have separated Israel's response into two buckets: February to May, and May to now.By mid-April, the country of 8.8 million was ready to declare that it had succeeded in the fight against Covid-19, and had begun reopening schools, bars and restaurants. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted in press conferences at the time that the country had done an admirable job "in safeguarding life and blocking the outbreak of the pandemic" with its aggressive response.
Balicer said that his company also sent daily questionnaires to members to collect responses about symptoms, which helped them create a "geographic early warning sign." This kind of information is also relevant to help public health departments direct more testing and other resources where it's needed most. When it comes to bio-informatics and data science, most of the experts agreed that Israel is among the best in the world.
This will help Israel figure out how to manage the next phase of the pandemic and determine if it has sufficient capacity within the health care system to treat an influx of Covid-19 cases. Still, there are many unknowns, including whether a positive result for Covid-19 confers immunity down the line when the person recovers.When the economy shut down at the start of the pandemic, many business owners suffered. One of them was Matthew Krieger, who runs a public relations firm called GKPR.
Now, the country is evaluating whether it needs to hire more people to conduct the epidemiological investigations.
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