The emergency hearing in the Prime Minister's Office was conducted in a charged atmosphere - and ended without decisions • Health Minister Edelstein: "Given the constant erosion of recommendations - there will be no choice but to impose a full closure of two to three weeks" • Edelstein added

• On the way to re-closing synagogues and restaurants? A charged discussion on the continuation of the limitations of the corona

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A charged discussion in the Prime Minister's Office in light of the serious morbidity data. The head of the National Security Council, Meir Ben-Shabbat, recommended imposing a long list of restrictions in order to prevent the jump in morbidity data from continuing. Gyms, summer camps and restaurants.

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, who expressed despair at the torpedo of steps his ministry had proposed in previous discussions, said that in view of the constant erosion of his ministry's recommendations "there will be no escape from a full locksmith." According to Edelstein, "I was one of those who oppose the closure, but I learned the dynamics. From the recommendations that the Ministry of Health brings, more and more cuts are being made, so that in the end the steps we approved last week were not dramatic. "There is a chance that we will see a decrease in morbidity, so I suggest that we start talking about a full closure. If we do not see a change in morbidity within three days, we will have to get there," said the health minister. He stressed that "it will not be a closure of a week that makes no sense, but of two or three weeks."    

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Edelstein's proposal to impose a full closure came after the deputy prime minister, Bnei Gantz, expressed opposition to the new restrictions proposed by Meir Ben Shabbat. Ganz, who is in solitary confinement and participated in the discussion via video call, said that while action should be taken but in his opinion there is no justification at this stage to impose further restrictions on the public. 

Prime Minister Netanyahu said in response that he would work to persuade Ganz to agree to the new measures, since without his consent it would not be possible to approve them in the government.

The participants in the discussion agreed that the data on general morbidity and the increase in the number of patients are severe, very disturbing.

Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kish told Hila Korach in "Before the News": "At the moment we decided at the meeting not to change anything, but if this trend continues for a few more days then we will have to significantly reduce activity in the economy."