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Following rapid vaccination efforts that have reduced the number of infections and deaths from the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Israelis have stopped wearing face masks and ignored all social distancing rules.
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Then came the more contagious Delta variant, and a surge in infection cases forced Prime Minister (PM) Naftali Bennett to reimpose some COVID-19 restrictions and rethink strategy.
Under what he calls a policy of “soft repression”, the government wants Israelis to learn to live normally with the virus—involving as few restrictions as possible and avoiding lockdown fourth national level that could jeopardize the economy further.
Because most Israelis in at-risk groups have now been vaccinated against COVID-19, Bennett is counting on fewer people than before falling seriously ill as infections rose.
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