Israel has tightened coronavirus restrictions to slow the outbreak. Though police say most people are heeding the instructions, the seriousness of the situation seems yet to have fully penetrated the ultra-Orthodox community.
Jerusalem The mourners gathered by the hundreds, packed tightly on to the evening streets of Bnei Brak. There was no social distancing -- no two meters between them -- as they made their way down the roads of this ultra-Orthodox town near Tel Aviv for the Saturday night funeral of Rabbi Tzvi Shenkar.
Despite a police presence, the crowd mingled freely, apparently unconcerned about the government restrictions on large gatherings, or the reason behind them.As Israel has battled the spread of coronavirus, the government has imposed increasingly tighter restrictions on the public in an attempt to slow the rate of infection. As of Tuesday morning, Israel had 4,831 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 17 deaths as a result of the disease.
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