Buying Time with COVID-19 Outbreak Response, Israel

Eyal Leshem; Arnon Afek; Yitshak Kreiss

doi:10.3201/eid2609.201476

Buying Time with COVID-19 Outbreak Response, Israel

Eyal Leshem, Arnon Afek, Yitshak Kreiss

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Abstract

Israel's response during the containment phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020 led to a delay in sustained community transmission and effective mitigation. During February-April 2020, a total of 15,981 confirmed cases resulted in 223 deaths. A total of 179,003 persons reported electronically to self-quarantine and were entitled to paid sick leave.

Original language	English
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	26
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.201476
State	Published - 1 Sep 2020

Keywords

2019 coronavirus disease
COVID-19
Israel
SARS
SARS-CoV-2
containment
coronavirus
respiratory infections
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
travel restrictions
viruses
zoonoses

UN SDGs

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