Israel’s authorities again introduced the mandatory wearing of masks in a closed space due to the growth of the number of ill cronavirus. This was stated by the Ministry of Health of the country, reports RIA Novosti.
It is noted that the country returned to the mask regime due to the active distribution of the Indian strain COVID-19. Previously, the Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet called citizens to refrain from foreign trips due to the high threat of infection with a delta version of the virus.
Earlier, the Chief Researcher of the World Health Organization (WHO) Sumyazan stated that Delta-option Coronavirus, found in India, was twice as a contagious of the original Wuhan COVID-19. According to her, the Indian strain is now present in more than 85 countries. “Given the speed with which the” Delta “extends, overtaking other strains, he can become a dominant strain in the world,” said Svinategen.