Dozens with symptoms, but instead of isolation in the yeshiva, they were ordered to go home

July 20, 2020   

At the Be'er HaTorah (Gil) Yeshiva in Beit Shemesh, five patients were diagnosed with coronavirus in the past week - including the supervisor and the son of the head of the yeshiva. His secret: Earn a prestigious degree without preparatory school and without prerequisites • Want one too? After two young men from the yeshiva received positive answers on Saturday, the yeshiva students locked themselves in their rooms and waited for instructions. Suffering from underlying medical conditions? You may be entitled to a lot of money from National Insurance. However, the instructions were slow to arrive, and after a number of young men began to develop symptoms, it was decided to isolate the yeshiva. Although everything was arranged, the yeshiva management suddenly received instructions that there was no permission for isolation in the yeshiva under any circumstances, and that the tests would not be performed in the yeshiva, but that each person would undergo an independent test at home. Dozens of young men with symptoms found themselves at a loss: the house was full of children, some with parents in a risk group. The yeshiva itself was at a loss: how could young men with symptoms be sent out of the yeshiva, without any instructions or transportation, when it was clear that the number of infected people was much greater. According to the yeshiva students, the authorities refused to comment on the incident, and in the meantime dozens of young men continue to develop symptoms.