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Home Special Coverage Coronavirus Outbreak

CBS: 42% of Israelis report stress, anxiety over resurging corona outbreak 

Central Bureau of Statistics says 21% of Israelis find they have to reduce food consumption, 21% have reported depression.

by  Hili Yacobi-Handelsman , i24NEWS and ILH Staff
Published on  07-27-2020 08:24
Last modified: 07-27-2020 08:24
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More than half of Israelis (55%) fear they will be unable to cover their monthly expenses, while 42 % of Israelis ages 21 and older feel stress and anxiety, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Sunday.

A recent CBS survey shows that some 26% of those aged 21 and up are suffering from stress and anxiety over the coronavirus crisis.

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Twenty-one percent of respondents or about 1.2 million Israelis said they or one of their family members have reduced their weekly food consumption over the financial crisis triggered by the pandemic.

Unemployment brought on by the restrictions imposed on the private sector by the government as part of the efforts to curb the spread of the virus is currently at 21%, having dropped from 26% at the height of the first outbreak, in April. This has devastated hundreds of thousands of households in Israel, which have been stripped of steady income.

CBS data further showed that stress and anxiety levels have gone up by 9% in comparison with May's survey, which measured Israelis' resilience vis-à-vis the first outbreak to hit Israel.

The levels of depression have risen as well, from 16%  in May to 21% in July.

Moreover, 64% of the population are afraid to contract the virus, a third of those are "very much afraid," according to the survey.

And despite calls from the government to adhere to instructions, more than 80% said they comply with the rules – though 19% said that the instructions are unclear or "not clear at all."

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Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's financial relief plan has been approved by the cabinet and will proceed once the Knesset passes the legislation.

i24NEWS contributed to this report

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