Less than a day after landing in Israel, says Rachel Biton, an Israeli passenger on the "Corona ship" because despite the diagnosis, I felt good - we did not receive drugs. "

• Rachel Bitton on her return to Eilat // Photo: Yehuda Ben Yatach

With a smile on her face and a hug from her children, Rachel Bitton entered her home in Eilat on Wednesday. Biton is the first Israeli passenger in the Diamond Princess ship in Japan, in whose blood is the Corona virus. She was hospitalized at a military base in Japan and after dozens of tests she was found healthy and released to Israel.

Photo: Ran Shauli

Less than 24 hours after leaving the hospital in Japan, Biton says in a conversation with Israel Today that she has never been ill.

"I got off the ship and reached the military base in Japan," she recalls. "We were not given any medical treatment, no medication. We only measured blood pressure and heat, and made us a larynx. I had no symptoms and I was not sick. I felt really good. After a few days, all the tests showed that I was not sick, I was released. Chabad house, but I just wanted to see my kids, grandchildren and family, so I got on the earliest flight there. I want to tell the people of Israel that there is nothing to worry about. "

Immediately after Baton was released from the hospital, the insurance company made sure to bring her on a flight to Turkey and from there to a secondary flight to Ben Gurion Airport. Her children, Ortal and Yossi, were waiting for her to receive her tears and hugs. , Surrounded by her family and smiling.

"I was very well received, even in the field, people were not afraid because I was not sick and I was not sick," says Biton.

The Israeli who recovered from Corona landed in Israel

Upon landing, she spoke to her husband Isaac who is in solitary confinement at Sheba Hospital after the corona virus was also found in his blood. "I called Isaac and told him I came to Israel, he was excited and even cried a little bit. He is in isolation but has become everyone's favorite. It's a shame he can't go into Shiba's kitchen and cook them meals, he is an expert."

During the conversation, Biton recalled the intense longing for the family while in Japan. "We have a big, cohesive family and we do everything together. Now that I am back we will go into the routine, cook, do the laundry and mostly be with the family. All my life I have worked and now I am on vacation."

When asked if she would go on other trips around the world, Biton replied that she would love to leave the country again: "We must not shut ourselves up at home."

The first Israeli to recover from the Corona virus on the way home // Reporter: Ronit Silberstein // Photographer: Ran Shauli

In addition, Biton wanted to thank Rabbi Benjamin and Efrat Edri of Chabad of Tokyo who cared for Israelis hospitalized in Japan, gathered her to their home immediately after her release, and made a video of her flight home.

"I could have stayed overnight in Tokyo but decided not to wait and reunite with the family as soon as possible," says Biton.

At Ben Gurion Airport she underwent another check to make sure she was not carrying the virus. "An MDA man came and made a throat surface, checked if I had a fever and checked my nose and released me," she says. "Because the result was negative - I was confirmed that everything was correct."