News from Israel

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“We have to understand, we are in the midst of a global epidemic,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a press conference, “the most dangerous of these epidemics in the last 100 years."

With at least 50,000 people in quarantine, the Health Ministry on Wednesday expanded its list of restrictive orders, which will likely lead to thousands more Israelis going into home isolation. By some reports, as many as 100,000 people are currently in isolation.

https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Three-new-cases-of-coronavirus-announced-in-Israel-619680

This is a big contrast with the US, where people's attitude to the virus is split along party lines. Since Republicans don't want to rock the boat, the government is delaying quarantine measures for as long as possible.
https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/3rdraw493c/econTabReport.pdf