Buying Time with COVID-19 Outbreak Response, Israel
Eyal Leshem, Arnon Afek, Yitshak Kreiss
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.
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