The number of people diagnosed with the coronavirus in Israel as of Sunday evening is 213, the Health Ministry stated. Two patients are in critical condition and 12 are in moderate condition. The rise is not nearly as sharp as other countries, and thankfully, Israel still has not a single death resulting from the disease. According to news reports on Sunday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his close associates were tested for the coronavirus today. Later on Sunday, reports said Netanyahu and his associates all tested negative for the virus. 195 people are in light condition after having contracted the disease. Another 12 are in moderate condition. Among those ill are 18 health workers, 7 doctors, 4 nurses, 3 logistics workers, 2 Magen David Adom personnel (a paramedic and a dispatcher), a physiotherapist and a pharmacist. There are, however, some 2,593 health care personnel in isolation. With 862 of them being doctors and another 823 of them are nurses. STAY UPDATED WITH BREAKING UPDATES FROM YWN VIA WHATSAPP – SIGN UP NOW Just click on this link, and you will be placed into a group. About 1,000 residents of Telzstone near Jerusalem are in quarantine after six members of one family, parents and four children, were diagnosed with the coronavirus on Motzei Shabbos. [YWN CORONAVIRUS LIVE BLOG] Hundreds of residents had already entered self-quarantine before Purim due to a family who was hosted in Telzstone for Shabbos Parshas Zachor who was subsequently diagnosed with the virus and now hundreds more who had contact with the local family entered self-quarantine. Since the family was diagnosed a few days after Purim, the number of people who were in contact with the family members was higher than it would normally have been due to kriyas Megillas Esther. The main Talmud Torah was closed and all the students were required to self-quarantine as well as the 7th-grade classes of a local girls’ school and the staff and babies of a local daycare. The famed Beit Hachlama for women after birth was closed. [SHOWDOWN: Despite Police Visit to Harav Chaim Kanievsky, the Rav Says That Yeshivas & Chadarim Cannot Be Closed] The Telzstone local council opened a command center to assist residents. The large number of people required to self-quarantine means that families can’t depend on friends and neighbors to shop for them since most of them are also in quarantine and therefore the local council purchased basic supplies for hundreds of families. The police closed Yeshivah Kol Torah, among many other yeshivas, on Sunday and the bochurim are returning to their home on Sunday evening. Also on Sunday, the Religious Services Ministry ordered the closure of all men’s mikvaos throughout Israel, both public and private. [Israel: Hastily Prepared Chuppahs Held In The Middle Of The Night To Preempt Ban Of Crowds Over 10] A statement from the ministry said that after a consultation between the Director-General of the Ministry of Religious Services Oded Plus and the Director-General of the Health Ministry Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, and in accordance with the advice of Chief Rabbi Harav Yitzchak Yosef, a decision was made to close all men’s mikvaos. Defense Minister Naftali Bennett signed an order on Sunday authorizing the IDF to mobilize 2,000 reserve soldiers to support the Home Front Command in preparing for a possible state of emergency […]

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