Weekend closures only minimally effective at reducing infection – report
The study concluded that a full and prolonged closure is required to achieve the effect of significantly reducing infection.
Israelis, wearing face masks for fear of the coronavirus, shop for grocery at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on July 14, 2020. Israel has seen a spike of new COVID-19 cases bringing the authorities to reimpose restrictions to halt the spread of the virus(photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN