(Jerusalem Post) Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - The Israeli government on Sunday approved a three-week nearly total lockdown on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The closure will go into effect at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, and last through Simhat Torah on Oct. 9. The decision came after hospital heads said that the situation in their coronavirus units and among their staff was becoming unsustainable. The number of serious patients in the hospitals increased by 51 in the last two weeks. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said, "Under the circumstances, we had no choice."
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