The 65 young Chabad Hasidim, who returned to Israel after signing uncovered the Corona virus, will not be prosecuted • "We will not conduct wholesale trials, but defend the public"

Israelis returning on flights from destinations with a corona eruption like the US or Italy will enter mandatory isolation at designated "Corona hotels," it was decided Tuesday (Tuesday) after a discussion with all professionals and the prime minister.

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"The sights of those returning from abroad who embrace their parents and do not adhere to the rules of isolation are unacceptable to us," says Dr. Ashi Shalmon, director of the Department of International Relations at the Ministry of Health. "A decision has been made at the prime minister's level that returnees from at-risk countries will spend 14 days in concentrated isolation in hotels. The state is investing heavily in preventing the spread of the virus in the community and this is part of that. Returns from other destinations will require two-week domestic isolation."

Last Thursday, about 100 young Chabad devotees returned from New York and, after signing no close contact with Corona patients and feeling no symptoms, boarded the plane, and 65 days later, 65 were diagnosed with Corona patients. "The move to bring them to the hotel for isolation was justified," he said. Dr. Ashi, "About 60 percent of this group found patients in Corona. Just imagine what would have happened if everyone had been dispersed in the community."

However, he says there is no intention of prosecuting them because it is unclear how aware of the harsh corona eruption they were - but there is an intention to intensify enforcement below and explore the possibility of disabling people on board flights to Israel. As reported today in "Israel Today", today a passenger who tried to board a flight from New York to Israel after staying for a period with a coronated patient and experiencing symptoms, was arrested at a New York airport while trying to board a plane on his way to Israel.

"Unprecedented outbreak in the Jewish community in Brooklyn"

"It is appropriate to require anyone on board a flight to sign an affidavit that has no symptoms, who has not been in contact with a patient and who undertakes to comply with all the terms of the isolation. "At present, we will not conduct wholesale trials but certainly protect public health. There are significant discussions with the prime minister on what to do about this issue. There are conflicting principles here. Every patient has the right to return to Israel without harming the rest of the public."

Among the issues now being considered - how to prevent other members of the same ultra-Orthodox community in Brooklyn from coming to Israel. "There is an outbreak in unprecedented numbers. You cannot take a risk on this issue," concludes Dr. Ashi.

At the same time, two Israeli flights took off recently to Rome and Milan to return Israelis who were there. Several hundred Israelis are expected to return to the country from Italy and in the coming days is expected to take flight to another outbreak, Madrid, from which quite a few Israelis are also expected to return. Flights to the United States are also continued by United Airlines, which operates seven weekly flights to Israel and El Al continues to operate flights to and from New York. One of the largest contagion areas in the United States is where a large Jewish community resides. In conversations with Israelis who live in the community, they say that in recent times many have felt bad and have not been tested, since they received an answer that it was influenza and not tested whether they carry the corona virus, they claim.