(Israel Hayom) Prof. Ran Balicer - Almost 5,000 people have already died in Italy from the coronavirus and the numbers keep rising. Israel's situation is different. The correct decisions were made in a timely fashion; borders were closed, sick people were identified and quarantine protocols were issued. All these bought us an extremely valuable few weeks of time. If we now follow the quarantine directives to the letter, there's a reasonable chance we can escape the fate of Italy. The writer is a member of the Israeli Health Ministry's pandemic response team.
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