Health Ministry director-general: You could be sick and not know it, don’t go out and infect others

17 March 2020, 3:04 pm

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The director-general of the Health Ministry issues a statement after instructing Israelis not to leave their homes.

“These aren’t simple instructions. We are asking you to minimize as much as possible leaving your home,” Moshe Bar Siman-Tov says in a video.

“It could be that in every place you’re going to there is a sick person who could infect you. It could be that you’re sick and you still don’t know this and you can infect other people,” he adds.

Bar Siman-Tov acknowledges Israel is facing a “difficult period” and says the country’s ability to halt the spread of the virus depends on the conduct of its residents.