Israeli top health director quits, raps swift reopening of economy

Since the reopening of schools, businesses, the number of cases has soared over 1,000 a day. FMTNews Israel Covid19

JERUSALEM: Israel’s public health director quit on Tuesday amid a spike in new coronavirus cases, saying it had reopened the economy too rapidly and had lost its way in dealing with the pandemic.

But since the reopening of schools and many businesses two months ago, the number of cases has soared, reaching more than 1,000 a day last week. The Health Ministry said it expected the number of patients on ventilators — now 32 — to reach 2,000. “The achievements in dealing with the first wave were cancelled out by the broad and swift opening of the economy” that outpaced many other countries.

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