Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Health Ministry official says coming week ‘critical’ to halting virus outbreak
The deputy director-general of the Health Ministry says the coming week will be “critical” to halting the spread of the coronavirus in Israel.
“The coming week will be the most critical and during it we’ll monitor the number of newly tested people. I assume that after two weeks we’ll know how we’re progressing. If there’s a jump like in Italy we’ll move to more severe steps,” he is quoted saying by the Ynet news site.
He adds: “The general message is to remain at home. The more severe the lockdown is, the shorter it will be. It’s preferable that someone who wants to buy food do this by delivery rather than going to the supermarket.”
