Ministers of the so-called coronavirus cabinet are meeting to discuss the latest infection rates and the government plan to gradually reopen the economy after a month-long lockdown.
During the meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the easing of the rules likely will be in fewer stages than the nine that had been laid out by the government, through February, according to leaks from the meeting to Hebrew media.
But the prime minister also warns the rules can be tightened again, if infections rise.
“We must work from stage to stage, according to the [infection] rates. If the situation deteriorates, we will have no choice but to impose restrictions,” he is quoted saying.
Finance Minister Israel Katz, meanwhile, is pushing for stores to be reopened from next week, according to reports.
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