'We will interrupt the chain of infection for 200,000 people per week'

Head of the army's Home Front Command Brigadier General Nissan Davidi has heralded the increased epidemiological tracking that will be in force in the days ahead.

"We will have 2,800 investigators who will interview 4,000 people per day. We will interrupt the chain of infection for 200,000 people per week," Davidi said.