“If the lockdown comes back,” Lambda terrifies Israel
The Jerusalem Post presents an article that scares Israelis: a new variant, p strain of the Delta variant, could force Israel into a blockade, a health official warned on Monday, as Israel surpassed 50,000 active cases, compared to less than 200 two months ago.
The strain comes from South America and has been identified in the United States and, although it is not clear in the article, more than a "strain" of the Delta variant it should be the Lambda variant widespread in South America. .
"If it reaches Israel, we will get to the blockade we so desperately want to avoid," Dr. Asher Shalmon, director of the Department of International Relations at the Ministry of Health.
The strain appears to be more contagious and more resistant to vaccines, the doctor said. However, the director general of the ministry of health, Nachman Ash, said that the complete details are not yet available: after all, there is the fear of sowing panic, or to tell the truth, in advance.
"There have been and always will be variations," he told KAN Reshet Bet. “I hope they don't reach us, but I don't want to create unnecessary panic. Also in the future we will have to deal with variants ”.
If coronavirus morbidity does not decrease, the start of the school year may even be postponed, Ash said, adding that there is a limited number of working days in September.
Yet Israel has achieved a very high number of vaccinations and has even started, first, with the so-called "Booster" injections, precisely to increase the strength of the coverage. However, if all this did not serve to avoid the lockdown, we would have the confirmation that the strategy chosen by most of the countries has been unsuccessful.
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