Another Corona patient, the 17th in number, was diagnosed in Israel

This is an EasyJet flight departing at 12:20 from Venice to Tel Aviv on February 29, flight number EJ3342. The Ministry of Health emphasized: “Anyone who has been on this flight is asked to enter home isolation according to the Ministry of Health instructions and report it on the office’s website, or at the Health Ministry hotline at 5400 *.”

Recall, earlier, another 16 patient was diagnosed with a shuttle driver from East Jerusalem who drove the group of pilgrims from Greece, who toured the country for several days, and some of her friends were diagnosed with the virus after returning to their country. The man, 38, is hospitalized in Poriya Medical Center in Tiberias in isolation, in a special room equipped with a negative pressure chamber.

The Foreign Ministry today issued a travel warning to several European countries, due to the spread of the Corona virus in these countries. The office recommends anyone planning a trip to Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Austria to consider its necessity at the present time and to keep abreast of local authority guidelines in these countries regarding preventive behavior.
The Foreign Ministry wishes to emphasize that the Israeli embassies in these countries continue to operate.

Ministry of Health guidelines on the CoronaPhoto: Ministry of Health

Police: Criminal investigation against isolation order violators

Following the spread of the Corona virus in Israel, and following several incidents in the last days since the virus erupted, citizens deliberately ignored Health Ministry directives calling on them to stay in solitary confinement, or committing crimes against Health Department inspectors or deceiving Health Department inspectors when asked, Criminal Investigations (8) in accordance with policies and guidelines against the same violators.
Remember, this is a seven-year sentence.

Police have made it clear that the treatment of the corona virus spread, as well as the responsibility for supervising those called for isolation, is the responsibility of the Ministry of Health. Citizens’ isolation violations will be communicated to the police and handled, according to reports and data from the Ministry of Health, only with violations by civilians who cannot supervise the Ministry for various reasons, including leaving the supervised isolation area where they are supposed to stay.

According to the police statement, a criminal investigation will be opened against civilians who knowingly disregarded the guidelines, seeing their personal benefit before them, or against civilians who did the act of spreading the virus and injuring public servants, with the intention of infecting or abusing them. The suspects of infection.

The list of countries to which restrictions have been imposedPhoto: Population and Immigration Authority

The Israeli police are calling on the civilian public to seek instructions from the Ministry of Health on the subject, as ignoring them and disrespecting them disrupt the national effort in the fight against the outbreak and spread of the virus in Israel. Violators of the Ministry of Health’s isolation orders may even spread the virus, infect and endanger the lives of other citizens without their knowledge.

The Israel Police will work with the State Attorney’s Office to exhaust the law with anyone who chooses to ignore the Health Ministry’s instructions and, in doing so, negligently or intentionally, risks the spread of the Corona virus.