Following the corona's expansion and after the Minister of Health's consultations decided on the dramatic step • "We decided that everyone who came should be in isolation at home and not in hospital"

• Corona panic in Ben Gurion // Photo: Gideon Markovich

Corona panic in Israel : Health Minister Yaakov Litzman on Thursday decided to ban flights from China to Israel until "a new announcement".

At the end of a special hearing by the Ministry of Health, Litzman briefed reporters: "After consulting and discussing the last few days, we received the windows about Corona. In Europe, talking about China has not overcome this virus and it requires us to watch and see what needs to be done to keep our population.

"We do not currently authorize flights to enter the country from China until further notice. Whoever passes and does not arrive from China directly through other countries we will check. We have decided that everyone who comes should be in isolation at home and not in a hospital, 14 days which is the time it can catch up. Flight from China to land in the country. Some European countries have done that. "

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Moshe Bar Good sign, Director General of the Ministry of Health said: "Every effort is made to postpone the first case in the country. But the assumption of work will be a case in the country. "

Professor Sigal Sadecki, chairman of the Iberia Health Service, said: "It was decided not to carry out heat tests at the borders. We chose another way of sharing public - posters in four languages ​​with flyers what to do. There is a full 24/7 response at the airport. "

Meanwhile, it was revealed today that 7,700 people had already been infected with the corona virus, of which 170 died from the disease. More than 50 million people are still shutting down in various parts of China as a result of an attempt to curb the spread of the virus.