One of the four Israelis aboard the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship off of Japan who contracted the coronavirus has completely recovered and was released from the hospital in Tokyo on Tuesday. Rachel Biton was rigorously tested by the hospital over and over and was finally cleared for release. One of her relatives is still hospitalized in a Japanese hospital but will hopefully be released in the near future. Biton is reportedly returning to Israel on Wednesday but the details of how she is flying back to Israel are still unknown. A family spokesperson said that the family requests that the media give them time to organize their preparations for Biton’s return to Israel. “We thank all of Am Yisrael for their support and encouragement along the way and we hope that everyone will be released soon in good health,” the family stated. Four Israelis, including Biton, contracted the coronavirus while on the Diamond Princess and were transferred to Japanese hospitals. They are all in good condition. The 11 Israelis who tested negative for the virus in Japan and returned to Israel on Friday morning were isolated in Sheba Medical Center. Later on Friday, one of the 11 former passengers tested positive for the virus and was the first person to be diagnosed with the coronavirus in Israel. On Sunday, another one of the 11 former ship passengers tested positive for the virus, with the Health Ministry emphasizing that the patient contracted the virus in Japan and not in Israel. Meanwhile, over a thousand South Koreans were flown back home by Israel after after over 200 Israelis were required to self-quarantine over the weekend due to contact with South Korean tourists who tested positive for the coronavirus in South Korea after returning from a tour of Israel. נראה לי שזהו הצלם מוטי קמחי שמתהלך בחופשיות באוהל המאולתר והמבודד לתיירים מדרום קוריאה. מחר הוא יצלם כנראה ח”כ… pic.twitter.com/baz9ox8WT5 — ג. ארוול ⁦🏴‍☠️⁩ 🇰🇵 (@AllOftheTruthIS) February 23, 2020 Israel’s Health Ministry subsequently announced that no foreign nationals from South Korea or Japan will be allowed into Israel. Other countries are placing limits on travel as well. Police are manning checkpoints in quarantined towns, governments issued travel warnings and more flights were suspended Tuesday as officials desperately sought to stop the seemingly inevitable spread of a new virus. Clusters of the illness continued to balloon outside mainland China, fueling apprehension across the globe that was reflected in sagging financial markets. The crisis pushed into areas seen as among the worst-equipped to deal with an outbreak as well as some of the world’s richest nations, including South Korea and Italy. As it proliferates, the virus is bringing a sense of urgency for local officials determined to contain it but often unsure how. “It’s a matter of speed and time: We must create a clear turning point within this week,” said President Moon Jae-in of South Korea, where the caseload grew by 144, with a total of 977 people sickened. Korean Air said one of its crew members tested positive, but the airline didn’t disclose the flights the employee had worked on. On a U.S. military base in Daegu, the center of infections in South Korea, officials said a servicemember’s spouse had also been infected. And in the tiny Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain, one of […]

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