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Monday, March 16, 2020
Government to consider additional restrictions to combat coronavirus — PMO
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSenior ministers will meet later today to discuss additional steps that the country may take to combat the spread of the coronavirus, the Prime Minister’s Office says.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, Economy Minister Eli Cohen, Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich and other senior government officials will take part in the meeting.
Israel has so far restricted, but not fully stopped, public life in the face of the disease.
Though schools and “leisure businesses” like restaurants, cinemas and gyms have been closed, many small businesses remain open and public transportation is still running in most of the country.
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