Officials say 70,000 furloughed Israelis have returned to work

The National insurance Institute says some 70,000 Israelis have returned to work over the past two and a half weeks, after being put on unpaid leave due to the coronavirus pandemic.

It says 9,193 people returned to work in the past day.

Israelis wearing face masks do their shopping in Jerusalem’s center after the government eased some lockdown measures that it had imposed in order to stop the spread of coronavirus, on May 6, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

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