The Office notes that the management team is prepared and ready for the case of the disease in Israel, and is in constant contact with the World Health Organization • Today, guidelines were also issued for the occurrence of respiratory illness when traveling or within 14 days of their last stay in China

• Airline flight attendants in Hong Kong // Photo: IP

The Health Ministry issued a public recommendation on Sunday to avoid unnecessary trips to China due to the spread of the corona virus. The ministry recommends not going to Hubei Province in China at all and that the restrictions imposed by the Chinese government in the various cities in real time should be heeded and observed.

The ministry notes that the health system is prepared and ready, and is in constant contact with the World Health Organization and the world's health authorities. Other highlights in the ministry would like to emphasize that anyone who comes from China and has no signs of illness - should not be examined. It was also made clear today that a tourist from China who was hospitalized in the Palestinian Authority was not ill with the Corona virus.

The firm also issued guidelines for the occurrence of respiratory illness (fever and cough) while traveling or within 14 days of their last stay in China:

• Contact your health care provider or emergency room as soon as possible . You must notify by telephone beforehand and notify the screening team that the patient is suffering from respiratory illness and that he was in China before arriving at the hospital or the doctor treating the health fund.

• Avoid traveling by public transport.

• Until the doctor is examined, the mouth and nose should be covered with a surgical mask or other available cloth.

• At the entrance to the clinic or emergency room, the receptionist or nurse must immediately report the illness markers and the connection to stay in China for 14 days before the disease markers appear.

"2,000 people have been infected with the virus"

China announced on Sunday that it bans animal and network trafficking for the outbreak of the corona virus - the local agriculture ministry said. According to the statement, the entire area of ​​the wildlife breeder should be isolated, and the transport of wildlife by means of transport is prohibited.

According to official data released today China so far has infected the Corona virus, which severely and fatally affects the respiratory tract, 1,975 of its inhabitants, while 56 people have died as a result of the virus. To date, around 2,000 people have been infected with the virus, most of them as China.

A first case of a patient infected with a virus was discovered in the city of Toronto, Canada - authorities said in Canada on Saturday. This is a recent resident of the city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China, where the virus was first discovered.

It was also reported that the patient's condition is stable and that he is hospitalized at Sunnybrook Hospital, under isolation, and is receiving medical treatment.

Buying at a supermarket in Beijing // Photo: Reuters

The Corona virus, which is believed to have evolved in a seafood market in downtown Wuhan, where food products were sold illegally, has spread to the various cities of China, including Shanghai and China. Cases in the world have also been identified in the US, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Australia, France and Canada.