Health Ministry seeks to extend Majdal Shams lockdown, close off another town

The Health Ministry will recommend extending a closure in the northern Druze town of Majdal Shams, and introduce a full lockdown in Masa’de in the northern Golan Heights, according to Hebrew media reports.

The recommendation will be brought to a special ministerial panel, which will decide whether to impose the measures amid a spike in coronavirus infections in those areas.

Illustrative: A woman stands next to a makeshift checkpoint in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights on April 9, 2020. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

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