Report: 70% of COVID-19 carriers in Israel infected by visitors from US

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May 19, 2020 | News | Jerusalem & Area
Report: 70% of COVID-19 carriers in Israel infected by visitors from US

N12 reported that as many as 70% of coronavirus carriers in Israel were infected by tourists or Israelis arriving on flights from New York.

According to a study by the Department of Molecular Biology at the Tel Aviv University, the vast majority of those infected by the novel coronavirus in Israel picked up the disease from visitors from the U.S. or Israelis returning home on flights from N.Y. City. Approximately 30% were infected by tourists from Europe with 8% of them by visitors from Belgium.

Full Story (Israel National News)


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