Police deploy across Jerusalem to enforce a government order to lock down neighborhoods in the city with a high rate of coronavirus infections, many of them ultra-Orthodox.
The lockdown, which took effect at noon and will last until Wednesday at 7 a.m., applies to four of seven zones in the city that were delineated last week.
Dozens of police checkpoints will be set up at the entrances to these “restricted zones” and officers will use drones and observation posts to enforce the lockdown and prevent people from entering or leaving these areas, though there are some exemptions.
The following are the neighborhoods included in the four zones: Ramot, Ramat Shlomo, Neve Yaakov, Har Nof, Givat Shaul, Kiryat Moshe, Rehavia (between Keren Kayemet LeIsrael and Ramban streets), Nahlaot, Makor Baruch, Romema, Ezrat Torah, Geula, Mea Shearim, Beit Israel, Musrara, Bayit Vegan and Givat Mordechai.
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