Knesset panel orders reopening of pools, gyms despite PM’s opposition

The Knesset’s cororonavirus committee has voted to reopen public pools and gyms that the cabinet shuttered last week in an effort to curb the spread of the pandemic.

The decision comes minutes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that the premier and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein had decided to keep gyms closed while establishing criteria that would allow for the reopening of public pools.

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