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TV: Virus czar will recommend wide-ranging restrictions over fall holidays
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCoronavirus czar Ronni Gamzu will recommend far-reaching restrictions to stem the spread of the virus, at Thursday’s coronavirus cabinet meeting, reports Channel 12.
Ministers will attempt to delay the regulations until the onset of the Jewish holidays — Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot — from mid-September until early October, to avoid an additional blow to the economy, it reports.
The restrictions include restricting gatherings in houses of worship during the upcoming Jewish holidays; closing hotels and other tourist attractions over the holidays; limiting movement during the holidays; recommending Israelis observe the holidays only with their nuclear families.
“It’s not if, it’s when,” the report says.
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