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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Ministers approve tighter lockdown, closing schools and nonessential businesses
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A woman walks through Tel Aviv's Hatikva Market during a nationwide lockdown, on January 3, 2021 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
The government votes to tighten the lockdown, shuttering schools and nonessential businesses.
The rules go into effect overnight Thursday-Friday, for two weeks.
The order comes after the daily number of virus cases in Israel surged to over 8,000.
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