Israel braces for lockdown amid coronavirus spike, new UK strain
Egypt is also heading for new restrictions amid a new wave
Israel is headed for renewed lockdown Sunday amid the country’s third wave of the pandemic, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday.
The announcement came after Israel’s Cabinet voted to approve a Health Ministry proposal to send the country back into lockdown until fewer than 1,000 new cases per day emerge. There were more than 4,000 new cases recorded Tuesday.
A strain of novel coronavirus believed to be significantly more contagious, but not deadlier, has arrived in Israel, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.
So far, four people in Israel have been found to have been infected with the new strain, the origin of which has been traced back to the United Kingdom.
