Head of Sheba infectious diseases ward: ‘Lockdown may continue for weeks’
Professor Gili Regev, head of Sheba Medical Center’s infectious diseases ward, spoke about the current…
Regarding public officials who break the Health Ministry’s guidelines, Regev said: “It doesn’t help. It’s clear that [Environmental Protection] Minister Gila Gamliel should resign after such an event, but it’s also true that the media shouldn’t stick to every little thing – it just makes people more extreme.”Yohanan Cohen, a man who prayed at the same synagogue as Gamliel, said that the synagogue was like “a second home for her and her family,” adding that “We are viewed as pariahs; the Health Ministry’s data include the entire radius of the area.”Gamliel is one of several high ranking officials who have violated coronavirus guidelines over the High Holy Days. Sara Netanyahu called a barber against regulations before an appearance in a public video. The head of the Shin Bet was also reported to have hosted his family members during the lockdown. cnxps.cmd.push(function () { cnxps({ playerId: ’36af7c51-0caf-4741-9824-2c941fc6c17b’ }).render(‘4c4d856e0e6f4e3d808bbc1715e132f6’); });