In a video, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pats himself on the back for the lockdown, which he says is working, and adds that he will support the reopening of the airport, which the Knesset approved earlier in the day.
Infection numbers are going down every day,” Netanyahu says. “And I’m going to make sure we exit this lockdown as quickly as possible, but cautiously, responsibly and gradually.”
He says ministers will vote Thursday on a separate plan for high-infection cities, and on more financial help for those suffering due to the lockdown.
He also says he will support the airport opening on Thursday, after experts told him there was no health issue.
A Health Ministry official admitted last week that the airport closure had no basis in health science, but was done because it would not be fair for some to be able to escape the lockdown by jetting off.
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