Incoming flights bring surgical masks, reagents for covid-19 tests

Due to land on Wednesday is a shipment from South Korea of chemical reagents needed for covid-19 testing plus 30,000 protective suits for medical staff. The express operation was jointly organized by the foreign and defense ministries and El Al. Tuesday, another plane from China carrying a million surgical masks for IDF troops landed at Ben Gurion. Israeli fatalities from coronavirus rose by Wednesday morning to 71. Of the 9,248 confirmed cases, 149 are in serious condition and 117 on respirators.