Speaking after Netanyahu is Sigal Sadetsky, the head of public health services in the Health Ministry.
“The infection is person-to-person,” she says of the coronavirus, urging Israelis to practice so-called social distancing.
Gatherings must be limited to 10 people, she indicates.
Shai Babad, director-general of the Finance Ministry, says educational institutions such as kindergartens that were not ordered closed Thursday will be shuttered.
Also to be closed from tomorrow morning, he says, rattling off a list, are malls, cinemas, hotels, weddings, group trips, conferences, health clubs. The entire cultural and entertainment sector, he sums up.
He says private sector businesses are not being closed, but urges executives to enable their employees to work from home as much as possible.
Babad also calls for workers to maintain a distance of two meters from each other.
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