From the Great Trip to the East for Isolation in Israel: A Journey Diary to the State of Panic and Corona

Following the Ministry of Health guidelines on the isolation obligation for returnees from the East, Walla! NEWS accompanied 23-year-old Yuval who had to shorten her stay in Thailand. On her way to Israel, she rarely encountered the fear of contracting the virus, but in the next two weeks she would have to shut herself up in her home: "The atmosphere is calm, only the Israelis with masks." Watch

From the Great Trip to the East for Isolation in Israel: A Journey Diary to the State of Panic and Corona

Thousands of Israeli travelers in Thailand received the Health Ministry announcement earlier this week about their duty to enter a 14-day isolation upon their return, and continued to spend time on the country's beaches and tourist sites. However, some were already planning their return and had to change their plans for the next two weeks. One of them is Yuval Alfei, 23, from Or Yehuda, who planned to finish her big trip just a week ago, but had to get her flight back to Israel so she could finish the isolation period before flying on vacation in Italy planned in advance.

Walla! NEWS accompanied Alfie on her way to Israel, from the receipt of the Ministry of Health's message to her arrival in isolation. She booked the trip to Rome a month ago with her partner, whom she has not seen in the past three months, but upon receiving the new Health Ministry statement she stated that "right now because nothing is clear, we may not be able to get a refund at all, About the hotels and not the tours we booked. I am now in the process of planning what to do and how to deal with the situation. There are lots of question marks and it is very frustrating, but we hope for the best. "

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Shorten the trip to get a vacation before the end of the isolation period. Yuval Alfie (Photo: Courtesy of the photographers)

Jubilee Thousands of passengers returning from Thailand (Photo: Courtesy of the photographers)

Thousands managed to get ahead of her flight, and yesterday (Monday) took off from Bangkok airport to Moscow on her way to Israel. She said an isolation spot had to be performed at the airport for every person returning to Israel. "I think this is unnecessary hysteria. There is no fear here of Corona. I was in both Northern Thailand and the South, no one walks around with masks. Everyone is super careful and maintains hygiene like they always have to keep in the East," she said before arriving in the field.

Before boarding, she shared: "Most people in the field do not have masks. Relatively feel very calm, totally turned around here." The footage taken at the airport shows that most of the people did not wear masks on their faces, and there was no special feeling on the field - as was the plane itself. "There is no panic or pressure or any talk about Corona at all, except that the crew and people with face covers. You can see in the plane itself that not everyone is wearing masks, not even all crew members were not wearing masks," she said. "No panic, no pressure. Maybe a bit of take-off and landing itself, but will be fine."

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At the Russian airport there was also no panic around the outbreak of the virus. "The airport is really calm, no one goes with masks, there is almost no one here. Staff members are not with the masks either, so there seems to be a good atmosphere, a calm atmosphere," she described, boarding the flight to Israel.

"There is no fear here of Corona." Thousands of 23-year-olds in Thailand (Photo: Courtesy of the photographers)

Jubilee Thousands of passengers returning from Thailand (Photo: Courtesy of the photographers)

This morning, upon her arrival, getting off the plane, Alfie said that there were not many people wearing masks at the Israeli airport either. "So after the last flight, we are finally in Israel, the state of panic and the Corona. We look forward to seeing what awaits us outside. The truth is that both flight attendants and the ground attendant who greeted us were not wearing masks, so that means good things to me," she said. And noted that the situation was similar even after the passport review. "There are not many people here with masks, but there are some. Mostly those with masks are Israelis, hardly tourists. Only Israelis, crazy."

At the end of the inspection proceedings, Alfie met with her family and her partner, and went to isolate her home. "So now that I'm in Israel and everything behind me I can tell they didn't ask me anything about the Corona in the country, there was no Star of David in the field, at least I haven't seen. Even the text message people wrote - that anyone returning from Thailand will receive - I don't know if That means good or not, but we'll wait for developments and see you for another 14 days. "