A senior Health Ministry official said Tuesday that Israel is currently seeing the beginning of a third coronavirus wave due to continued rise in infection.
Speaking during a weely press briefing, Health Ministry's Head of Public Health Services Sharon Alroy-Preis said she is worried by the continuous rise in coronavirus infection.
"This is the beginning of the third wave, we still do not know the full effects of the concessions that we've allowed," she said, referring to the easing of lockdown curbs. "We are expected to see an increase in the coefficient of infection and in the number of new verified cases."