The Southern District Attorney's Office on Monday indicted a resident of southern Israel for endangering public health by spreading the coronavirus.
This was the first indictment of its kind since the pandemic erupted.
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The evidence suggests that 24-year-old Yochai Hadad, a resident of Moshav Berekhya who was diagnosed with coronavirus on Sept. 25, violated quarantine and drove to a party that was attended by dozens of other people.
Footage of the party showed that none of those attending it, including Hadad, observed any type of social distancing and only a handful of them wore face masks.
The prosecution argued that as Hadad knew he was positive for corona, the fact that he attuned the party placed everyone around him at risk. Therefore, the indictment includes a charge of maliciously endangering public health by spreading a potentially deadly disease.
If convicted, Hadad could face up to seven years in jail for knowingly placing those around him at risk.
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