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This Sunday, thousands of ultra-orthodox Jews have attended Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik’s funeral, an important rabbi in Jerusalem (Israel) who died of coronavirus at the age of 99. The images show how attendees have violated the confinement that is in force for a month in the country and They crowded without masks around the vehicle that was carrying the body.

It is also anticipated to be Massive ceremony to be held at the Har Hamenujot Cemetery, where he will be buried. This is not an isolated event among some sectors of the ultra-Orthodox community in Israel, since they have violated existing restrictions on several occasions.

Strict measures

Till the date, shops dedicated to non-essential activity are closed, there is a limitation of mobility no more than one kilometer from home and the maximum number of attendees allowed in meetings is five people indoors and ten outdoors.

Israel has nine million inhabitants and dSince the pandemic began, more than 643,000 cases of coronavirus have been reported, of which 72,000 are still active and 1,162 are seriously ill. For its part, the number of fatalities stands at 4,786.

World leader in vaccination

To combat the disease, the country’s authorities have multiplied their efforts and Israel ranks as the world leader in percentage of vaccinated population. More than three million people have received the first dose of the remedy and two million have also been given the second.

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