Ministers at the coronavirus cabinet meeting have decided to discuss a possible change of course, should infection rates not drop significantly over the next week, Channel 12 news reports.
Coronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu suggests that the possible moves include doing nothing different (really), closing malls, and reimposing a full lockdown, according to the report.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking before he left the meeting, expressed skepticism in anything but a much stricter lockdown having much effect, according to reports.
Before the prime minister left, Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman of the UTJ party repeatedly raised his voice and loudly berated Netanyahu for not giving synagogues permission to pack more people inside, according to several reports.
Netanyahu has reportedly returned to the coronavirus meeting, according to Kan reporter Michael Shemesh.
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