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‘Medical miracle’ needed to avoid national lockdown; nurses to strike, PM announces blanket handouts

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Published: 17 July 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Health minister Edelstein says he’ll know in a few days if a closure will be imposed; nurses to go on strike from Monday; PM slammed over plan to give all adults at least NIS750 (A$313)

Health minister: Israel needs a ‘medical miracle’ to avoid nationwide lockdown (Times of Israel)
Edelstein says he’ll know in three or four days if a closure will be imposed, rejects calls to shift responsibility away from Health Ministry

Overburdened by virus, Israeli nurses plan strike starting Monday (Haaretz)
Nurses will still work on an emergency basis 'out of national responsibility and in order to stop the collapse of the system,' says representative

Besieged Netanyahu announces virus handouts to all Israelis totalling billions (Times of Israel)
Widely panned plan will see all citizens aged 18 and over get checks for at least NIS 750 amid economic crisis, rise in infections; PM denies playing election economics

Coronavirus quarantine violators on rise in Israel - report (Jerusalem Post)
This phenomenon seems to be turning into a trend

Photo: The coronavirus ward at Sheba Medical Centre at Tel Hashomer, in March (Ofer Vaknin)

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