Israel extends lockdown, sees delay in COVID-19 turnaround


  • World
  • Monday, 01 Feb 2021

FILE PHOTO A woman waits as others receive a vaccination against the coronavirus disease COVID-19 at a temporary Clalit healthcare maintenance organisation HMO centre at a basketball court in Petah Tikva Israel January 28 2021. REUTERSAmmar AwadFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A woman waits as others receive a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a temporary Clalit healthcare maintenance organisation (HMO) centre, at a basketball court in Petah Tikva, Israel January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel extended a national lockdown on Sunday as coronavirus variants offset its vaccination drive and officials predicted a delay in a turnaround from the health and economic crisis.

Highlighting Israel's challenges in enforcing restrictions, thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews attended the Jerusalem funerals of two prominent rabbis on Sunday, drawing criticism from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition partners.

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