Following the outbreak of the Corona in the Palestinian Authority: closure of Bethlehem

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday ordered the IDF and the coordinator of government operations in the Occupied Territories, in coordination with the Palestinian Authority, to impose a closure on Bethlehem, fearing the spread of the Corona virus.

The decision was made following the report of several cases of the virus being diagnosed in the Bethlehem area, and after consultation with the National Security Office (MLA) and the Coordinator of Government Operations in the Occupied Territories, Major General Kamil Abu Rukon. The closure will take effect from the evening until a new announcement. To and from the city – Thyser.

At a press conference in Bethlehem, the health minister in the Palestinian Authority, who is mosquito, said that 7 Palestinians were diagnosed with Corona patients. The contractors are hotel employees at Beit Jala near Bethlehem. At the hotel, two weeks ago, tourists from Greece were diagnosed with a virus when they returned to their country.

These are the first cases of infection in Corona in the Palestinian Territories. PA chairman Abu Mazen declared a 30-day emergency response. The Palestinian News Agency and PA reported that Abu Mazen had instructed the Palestinian government to take all necessary steps to deal with the outbreak of the virus. Prime Minister Muhammad Ashiya announced that during the period, all educational institutions in the PA will be closed. Movement between the different districts will only be possible in the necessary cases. The possibility of closing the entrance passageways to the Authority’s areas will also be considered. It was also reported that congregations, gatherings, demonstrations and strikes would be banned, tourism and religious sites closed, and all conferences scheduled to be canceled. The measures will take effect tomorrow morning.

Earlier today, the Israeli Ministry of Health updated another Corona patient – a bus driver, a 38-year-old resident of East Jerusalem, who drove Greek tourists about two weeks ago. The patient is hospitalized in isolation, in a special room with a negative pressure cell, at Poriya Hospital in northern Israel. His condition is stable, and he is fully conscious. Several hours later, the ministry reported that another Corona patient was diagnosed in Israel – the 17th in number. This is a pensioner from the center of the country, who returned from Italy last week. Upon landing at Ben Gurion Airport, he drove home with his private vehicle and went into solitary confinement immediately.

The office said that the patient had returned to Israel on a flight from EasyJet, numbering EJ3342, which left Venice for Tel Aviv on February 29 at 12:20 pm: “Anyone who has been on this flight is asked to enter home isolation under the Ministry of Health’s instructions, and report it At the Health Ministry website or at the Health Ministry hotline at 5400 * “.