Following the diagnosis, the possibility of bringing the PM into isolation, Finance Minister Israel Katz and Education Minister Yoav Galant are being considered. • The PM's office said: "An epidemiological inquiry is being conducted which will provide appropriate guidelines for those who come into contact with the employee."

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An employee of the PM's office has been diagnosed with a patient in Corona, so we updated on Monday night at the Prime Minister's Office. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Yisrael Katz and Education Minister Yoav Galant are currently investigating the possibility of isolation. "At this moment, an epidemiological inquiry is being conducted which will provide appropriate guidance for those who come into contact with the employee," the bureau said. 

This is a maintenance worker, who among other things was a partner in organizing the press conference on Saturday night, attended by Prime Minister and Ministers Katz and Galant. At this stage, no insulation guidelines have been provided to the office workers as the employee's pathway reconstruction is done at these moments. The Minister of Finance and the Minister of Education may also be required to go into isolation.

Last April, Prime Minister Netanyahu was put in solitary confinement after Ya'akov Litzman, then Minister of Health, and his wife Eve were diagnosed as ill.

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Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health this evening released updated data on Corona morbidity across the country. Currently, there is no change in the number of victims currently standing at 285 people. According to the data, in Israel there are 17,169 Corona patients, of whom 67 were diagnosed today. Among the infected, there are 2,006 active patients. 

Among the 32 patients who are in serious condition, there are 29 respirators. In addition, 41 patients were reported in moderate condition. So far, 14,878 Israelis have recovered from Corona. The hospitals around the country now have 105 patients. 

The data also show that in Jerusalem there are currently 3,891 Corona patients, Bnei Brak - 2,936 and Tel Aviv - Jaffa - 611. In Beit Shemesh there are 547 patients, Modi'in Illit - 424, Elad - 389, Petah Tikva - 309, and Beitar Illit - 302.

230 health personnel are currently in isolation: 46 doctors and doctors, 63 nurses and siblings and 121 in other professions.