Likud minister to enter quarantine over exposure to Gamliel

Likud Minister David Amsalem says he’s entering quarantine after his exposure to his colleague, Gila Gamliel, who is sick with the coronavirus.

Amsalem says he made the decision to self-isolate “as a precaution” though authorities did not order him to do so.

Communications Minister David Amsalem during a ceremony at the Communications Ministry in Jerusalem, July 10, 2019 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Gamliel and Amsalem met in the Knesset last Tuesday. Gamliel announced her diagnosis on Saturday, but was symptomatic days earlier, according to Channel 13.

Amsalem makes the announcement on Facebook.

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