The committee will decide today whether to approve the opening of the pools, restaurants and beaches on the weekends • The number of infected has exceeded 50,000

• The Corona Commission, yesterday

  Photo: 

  Adina Velman - Spokeswoman for the Knesset

The Knesset's Corona Committee is expected to convene again today (Monday), deciding whether to accept the restrictions imposed by the government on Thursday night - including the closure of beaches and pools on weekends, the closure of restaurants for tomorrow's meeting and the closure of gyms.

At the end of a four-hour discussion, members of the committee headed by MK Yifat Shasha-Biton refrained from approving or revoking these government decisions, and asked the government to make changes to the restraining orders. 

Photo: Knesset Channel

Among the changes requested: leaving the public pools open; Allowing the public to stay on the beaches indefinitely, leaving the restaurants open in a 35% format inside and keeping the "purple character" rules outside, excluding gyms (diluting the number of people in them at any given moment), tourist attractions in Eilat and safaris in Ramat Gan.

Throughout the discussion yesterday, the prime minister's threat on Saturday night hovered, to oust Shasha-Biton (Likud) from chairing the committee, due to its refusal to approve the restrictions in the previous round and leave the gyms and restaurants open. 

At the opening of the meeting, the chairman referred to this indirectly. “We are all on the same side, but we are also allowed to argue and disagree and examine things. We must examine the extent of the economic harm versus the medical benefit, the psychological and social harm versus the medical benefit. Make sure not to spill the baby with the water. The question is how to open the economy and maintain a routine of life and not impose a closure on all citizens. "

The Deputy Attorney General, Adv. Raz Nazri, backed Shasha-Biton, noting that "the Knesset has the authority not to approve government decisions and each of the authorities is doing its part."

More than 50,000 carriers

The Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Itamar Grotto, stressed that he was concerned about the situation. "Even if we announce an immediate closure - those who managed to be infected will appear in severe blue in just two weeks, and in increasing numbers," he said. The ability to open branches is a result of low morbidity. In rising morbidity - it is not possible to open. " 

The number of new infections in the corona virus in the last day amounted to 1,437 and a total of 50,035 carriers and patients from the outbreak of the plague. 409 have died so far and 70 are out of breath.