Litzman announced: We will not allow flights from China to enter the country following the Corona virus

A special committee of the Ministry of Health convened to determine how Israel will cope with the spread of the virus, which threatens to reach Israel as well. The Minister of Health said that flights from China should not be allowed at this time. Director General of the Ministry of Health: "Do everything to prevent the first case from entering the country, but assume that it will be"

Litzman announced: We will not allow flights from China to enter the country following the Corona virus

Health Minister Yaakov Litzman announced Thursday (Thursday) at the entrance to a special committee of the Ministry of Health, which convened to examine ways to deal with the Corona virus, that flights from China to Israel will be discontinued at this time, and no entry will be permitted until further notice. Many countries around the world have stopped entry from China, following the spread of the virus. Minister Litzman said: "After consultations and discussions in recent days, we have made all kinds of decisions about the Corona virus from China." He noted that the virus had spread to various parts of the world, including Europe. "It requires us to look after and see what we can and should do to keep our population safe," Litzman added.

He said, "First of all, we do not currently authorize entry into the country from China until further notice." Minister Litzman explained that "those who come from China, even those who do not come directly, we will also check them - that is, we have decided that everyone who comes and may infect should stay at home for two days." According to Litzman, "We are continuing Europe's policy." He even added that "here and there you can get a little worse, it's not bad." He said that today there was a forced hospitalization at Sheba Hospital, and several hospitalizations were suspected of being infected with the virus. "To our delight, there was not a single case in the country," the minister said.

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Health Ministry epidemic meeting convened tonight (Photo: Boaz Efrat)

Meeting of the Ministry of Health's Epidemiology Meeting Attended: Minister Jacob Litzman and Professor Sigal Sadecki, Head of Public Health at the Ministry of Health: TA, January 30, 2020 (Photo: Boaz Efrat, Walla System! NEWS)

The Ministry of Health's committee is made up of all the bodies involved in the matter, including representatives of the Ministry of Health, the health funds, the hospitals, the IDF, the MDA, the fire brigade and the Foreign Ministry. The secretaries of the Chinese ambassador to Israel have also come up for discussion, "To the Ministry of Health in the process.

Director General of the Ministry of Health Moshe Bar Siman said that the ministry has been conducting daily status assessments for more than a week, to bring about a good deal with the virus and the outbreak that started in China. To prevent the first case from entering the country, but we assume there will be a case in the country. " We take all measures to prevent people with suspicion from entering Israel, but no country has a hermetic control over entry to it. "

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The Health Ministry announced this week that entry and exit policies from China are being considered following the spread of the virus. Among other things, the ministry is considering calling on citizens who have returned from China "to avoid wandering in public places for several days after the visit, even if they are healthy and without any signs of illness." The Ministry of Health said the issue would be discussed by the team to address epidemics at the upcoming meetings, and as soon as a decision on the issue was made it would be officially published.

At present, all Israeli delegations in China continue to function normally and are at the service of Israelis residing in the country. However, courier families with children who wanted to extend their Chinese New Year holidays following the postponement of schooling were granted a permit.

(First Update 18:25)