The director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, told Channel 13 News in an interview on Friday that next week is "critical" for his ministry in terms of estimating the number of COVID-19 patients in serious condition and the number of patients in serious condition who are connected to ECMO machines.
"If we see that the numbers are rising quickly, then we will have to seriously consider imposing a lockdown," said Ash.
(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically on all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)
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