Twice in recent weeks, The Times of Israel has interviewed Professor Yehuda Carmeli, one of the medical professionals leading the Israeli Health Ministry’s response to the coronavirus pandemic — once in the early stages of the crisis, and then again when it appeared that Israel might have turned a corner.
This week, as the number of new cases fell significantly, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Israel’s “great success” in facing down COVID-19, we contacted him again with a fresh round of questions that include: How risky is the raft of new decisions to gradually reopen Israel? Should we brace for a second wave? How did Israel keep its death toll so relatively low?
