Could Uman’s COVID-19 deluge become an Israeli tsunami? - analysis

Will Israel be able to enforce isolation over Yom Kippur after the Health Ministry failed to stop mass travel to Uman over Rosh hashanah? And what does this mean for COVID cases in the country?

Ultra orthodox Jewish men make there way to Uman for the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah at the ben gurion international airport near Tel Aviv on September 1, 2021.

(photo credit: YOSSI ZELIGER/FLASH90)

ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021 22:04

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