Israelis gird for more virus restrictions amid 2nd lockdown

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israelis are bracing for more coronavirus restrictions days after the start of a second countrywide lockdown. Health officials are sounding the alarm over a feared deluge of new patients, and hospitals have been ordered to open additional wards. Israeli Cabinet ministers were meeting Tuesday to discuss tightening already severe restrictions that have shut down much of the country, which is facing one of the world’s worst outbreaks, adjusted for its population