Israel's Mossad intelligence agency was able to deliver 100,000 new coronavirus test kits collected overseas to local labs in an overnight operation, Channel 12 News reported Thursday.
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In the next few days the Mossad will facilitate the delivery of 4 million additional kits. Mossad Director Yossi Cohen is said to be personally overseeing the operation.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week that he wants Israeli labs to reach 5,000 daily tests as part of the efforts to defeat the coronavirus outbreak.
At the same time, the institution's cyber staff is currently assisting the Ministry of Health in writing unique software and applications for dealing with the virus. This is an unusual event, in which all the intelligence and security agencies of the State of Israel are mobilizing to assist efforts to curb the spread of the virus.
The Mossad's Cyber Division is also assisting the Health Ministry in writing unique software and applications for dealing with the outbreak.
The agency stepped in as part of the comprehensive effort, encompassing all the state intelligence and security agencies, to curb the spread of the virus.
Also on Wednesday, following reports that the medical teams nationwide are running dangerously low on protective gear, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has ordered the Defense Ministry's Procurement Administration to purchase all necessary supplies overseas.
