Prof. Shmuel Shapira today updated Prime Minister on developments regarding development of vaccine for lethal virus • At the Institute preparing to begin trials • Minister Bennett in the MASA: see the light at the end of the corona "• Ministry of Health are considering wearing masks • The number of dead has increased to 18

Corona epidemic in Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Tuesday with the director of the Institute of Biological Research, Prof. Shmuel Shapiro. During the conversation, Netanyahu was updated on the progress of the Institute's research and development efforts on pre-vaccine and antibodies.

The director of the institute, Prof. Shapiro, noted that significant progress has been made in pre-vaccination planning and in the institute preparing for a model development for the animal experiment.

"Passover only with the nuclear family." New Corona restrictions // Photo: GPO

Meanwhile, Defense Minister Naftali Bennett made an update on how to deal with the spread of the corona during, he said: "We see the light at the edge of the corona. In Israel, the world's biggest difference between the infection graph and the mortality graph. The referral is changing and the authorities will decide according to the Ministry of Health guidelines. "

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At the same time, Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Barr announced today that they will recommend a new policy on wearing masks in public areas and outside homes. In a briefing today, he said: "The World Health Organization has finally declared that the disease is spreading through saliva and not through the air. . This causes a number of countries and us to formulate recommendations that the public has come out into the open with masks. Of course only those who can leave the house. "

In addition, Bar reiterated the prime minister's instructions yesterday for Passover, saying that the nuclear family should be celebrated only and that family members should not be physically visited.

Meanwhile, Kaplan Hospital reported that the morning she passed away a patient, a Ramla resident in her 90s, who became ill in Corona and suffered from background illness. By that time, the number of corona victims in Israel rose to 18, after two other patients who died died this morning.