Foreign Ministry source fumes over Health Ministry statement on East Asia travel

Some in the Foreign Ministry are not happy with the Health Ministry urging Israelis to reconsider travel to a number of East Asian countries amid the coronavirus outbreak.

“The Health Ministry is causing unprecedented diplomatic damage. Israel is the first in the world to take such a step,” a ministry source tells the Ynet news site.

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