PM says looking at reopening some school grades, commerce

Ahead of a coronavirus cabinet meeting today on the next phase for easing restrictions throughout the country, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the government is considering reopening lower school grades in November, as well as some commerce, “gradually, responsibly.”

This will “of course depend on the morbidity levels. If infections go down restrictions will too, gradually. If morbidity goes up, there will be no choice but to bring back restrictions.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

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