Speaking on Galei Tzahal this morning, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein expressed his frustration at the current situation, and insisted that a total lockdown now seems unavoidable.
"I don't see any other way to bring the morbidity rate down," he said. "We've tried to avoid imposing a nationwide lockdown, but that has its own drawbacks too. Every time we try to impose tailor-made restrictions for individual communities, those who haven't been 'let off the hook' come to protest outside my house."