Government said set to announce lockdown in Jerusalem, Hura neighborhoods

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ended a discussion with health and other officials regarding restrictions on coronavirus hotspots, and intends to announce lockdown measures in three Jerusalem neighborhoods as well two neighborhoods in the Bedouin town of Hura, near Beersheba, Channel 12 reports.

Hura has had at least 30 new infections in the last three days, according to Health Ministry statistics, becoming the second-highest Israeli community in virus cases per capita.

The report says the government will ease restrictions in the city of Netivot and the Menuha Venahala neighborhood in Beit Shemesh, after the outbreaks there were put under control. However, the Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet neighborhood will remain under lockdown.

The report says ministers will vote on a proposal to give special aid to a Bedouin neighborhood in the Arab city of Taibe.

Meanwhile, daycare centers and private kindergartens will likely not be opened on Sunday after the organizations running them asked for more time for preparations, the report says.

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