Given new record numbers of new coronavirus infections, Israel imposes new restrictions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that meetings should be restricted again. Only up to 50 people may come together in prayer houses, festival halls, bars and clubs. Before, there had been up to 250. In other closed places only up to 20 people are allowed to gather.
„We have to go back to the policy of restrictions to make the curve flatter again,“ said Netanyahu. Otherwise there would be a loss of control. At the same time, he announced an economic aid program for the coming six months.
As the Ministry of Health announced yesterday, 966 new cases were registered within 24 hours. This is the highest one-day value registered in Israel since the pandemic broke out. The previous high was 819 on April 3. According to the Ministry, the pathogen SARS-CoV-2 has so far been detected in 26,452 people in Israel, 324 infected people have died.
