How Israel's remotest communities are staying coronavirus-free

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Mar 30, 2020 | News | Jerusalem & Area
How Israel's remotest communities are staying coronavirus-free

The residents of Ein Yahav, an agricultural community in the southern Arava desert, consider it a badge of honor: No place in Israel is as removed from urban civilization as theirs. The nearest city to their north is Be’er Sheva, a 90-minute drive away, while the nearest to their south is Eilat, also 90 minutes away.


Being this remote has definite advantages at times like these. To date, over 2,600 Israelis have tested positive for the coronavirus. Not a single one of them is from Ein Yahav or, for that matter, any of the other half dozen or so moshavim (collective agricultural settlements) in the central Arava region.

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