[[{"content_id":362537,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Israel on brink of state of emergency as new coronavirus variant reported in Occupied Territories","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"Israel has warned it is on the verge of declaring a state of emergency amid fears of a new coronavirus threat that experts have warned could be the most worrying strain to emerge yet.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met health experts on Friday to discuss how best to respond to the new variant that has been detected in South Africa&nbsp;and is likely to be more contagious than the Delta strain.\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&ldquo;We are currently on the verge of a state of emergency,&rdquo; Bennett said, according to a statement from his office. &ldquo;Our main principle is to act fast, strong and now.&rdquo;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBennett said there were a few cases of the new variant reported in the occupied territories of Palestine. It is not known if these cases have been confirmed.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA fourth wave of infections that hit Israel in June began subsiding in September. But over the past two weeks the &quot;R&quot;, or reproduction rate of the virus, that had remained below one for two months, began climbing and has now crossed that threshold, indicating the virus could again be spreading exponentially.","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met health experts on Friday to discuss how best to respond to the new variant that has been detected in South Africa&nbsp;and is likely to be more contagious than the Delta strain.<\/span><br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&ldquo;We are currently on the verge of a state of emergency,&rdquo; Bennett said, according to a statement from his office. &ldquo;Our main principle is to act fast, strong and now.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Bennett said there were a few cases of the new variant reported in the occupied territories of Palestine. It is not known if these cases have been confirmed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">A fourth wave of infections that hit Israel in June began subsiding in September. But over the past two weeks the &quot;R&quot;, or reproduction rate of the virus, that had remained below one for two months, began climbing and has now crossed that threshold, indicating the virus could again be spreading exponentially.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2021-11-27 09:39:53","content_date_event":"2021-11-27 09:39:53","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2021-11-27 09:49:01","content_date_register":"2021-11-27 09:49:01","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":44,"eid":0,"attach_title":"Israel on brink of state of emergency as new coronavirus variant reported in Occupied Territories 2","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202111\/497505_2008918348_150_100.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202111\/497505_2008918348_300_200.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202111\/497505_2008918348_400_267.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202111\/497505_2008918348_600_400.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202111\/497505_2008918348_900_600.webp","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202111\/497505_2008918348_1200_800.webp"},"ext":"jpg","file_media":1,"token":2008918348,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202111\/497505_2008918348.jpg","width":1242,"height":828,"size":0}}}]}]]