PM seeks to pressure Knesset committee chair to keep gyms, pools closed

13 July 2020, 2:18 pm

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with Knesset coronavirus committee chairwoman Yifat Shasha-Biton, in an effort to press her to prevent the reopening of workout facilities and pools that the cabinet voted to shutter last week.

Yesterday, Health Ministry officials told Shasha-Biton’s committee that there had only been 35 confirmed cases that had been contracted at gyms, leading MKs to call for the cabinet to reverse its decision.

Earlier today, the Walla news site reported that a Likud official threatened to strip Shasha-Biton of her post if she allowed the committee to vote to cancel the government’s decision.

The coronavirus committee will convene after the Netanyahu-Shasha-Biton meeting in order to vote on the matter.