Live Health Ministry special press conference • Interior Minister Deri announced that he will sign an order banning Italian citizens entering Israel following a major outbreak of the Corona virus in the European country • At lunchtime, Ramon-Eilat airport will take off 119 passengers

An Israeli citizen who returned from a trip to Italy four days ago was diagnosed as the first patient of the Corona virus in Israel. The citizen carrying the virus will be taken to the Sheba Hospital for isolation and found in the special facility for continued treatment. That's how Health Minister Moshe Bar's CEO, Mr. Itamar Grotto, who was in Japan and is currently in solitary confinement, also made a remote internet call from his home to attend the hearing.

Good sign: "We have a verified Corona patient who came from northern Italy. Our premise was from the beginning of the event, that we will have cases in Israel when the goal was to reduce and delay the arrival of patients to Israel. His epidemiological investigation is complete. His contacts will be in isolation and stop being contagious from the next hour. Our only stop in spreading the disease is limiting travel abroad and meeting people who are at risk of spreading the disease. "In addition, the director-general of the Ministry of Health emphasized that the ministry" very likely estimates that the pattern we saw in South Korea is seen in other countries. "

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At the same time, Interior Minister Arie Deri announced his intention to sign foreign nationals from Italy into Israel on Thursday. In addition, Deri announced that Israeli citizens who come from Italy back to Israel will enter the two-week isolation. The current ban comes in the wake of a major outbreak and spread of the Corona virus in Italy, the European country where the virus hit the most significant level. At noon, a special emergency department briefing session is expected.

This order is added to the previous orders relating to those who have stayed in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand and Singapore, South Korea and Japan.

Interior Minister Deri instructed the Director General of the Population and Immigration Authority, Prof. Shlomo Moore Yosef, to be in continuous contact with the Director General of the Ministry of Health to find suitable solutions in accordance with the updated recommendations on the matter.

This announcement by Interior Minister Deri comes in the shadow of the arrival of a "ticking health bomb" at the Ramon-Eilat airport: the flight of Rainier Airlines, departing from Bergamo-Milan Airport, Italy, will land at Eilat Airport today. On the plane that most of its passengers canceled their arrival in Israel, there will also be 19 Italian citizens. Most, according to logic, live some distance from Bergamo-Milan Airport, which is in Lombardy province of Italy, a province that has been quarantined by the Italian authorities.

According to a statement issued by the Interior Minister, the State of Israel will not allow Italian citizens scheduled to land at noon today at Ramon-Eilat Airport to get off the plane. 100 Italian travelers who spent a holiday in Eilat will take off at noon today from Ramon-Eilat Airport to Bergamo Milan Airport in Italy. They will also be joined by 19 Italian citizens who are now making their way from Italy to Eilat on the Rainier flight that took off this morning.

Italian tourists will be allowed (according to the Israeli Health Ministry's instruction) to roam the city of Eilat, stay in hotels, eat in restaurants and not be isolated. On the plane to land in Israel, there will also be 21 Israelis returning from vacation, and they will be required to enter a 14-day home isolation at the instructions of the Ministry of Health. At the same time, there are also six civilians from other countries on the plane who are unclear about their guidance.

As mentioned, at noon, 119 passengers will depart from Ramon-Eilat Airport back to Italy. Most of them are Italian. The city of Eilat is upset by the decision to introduce Italian tourists to Israel and Eilat and some of the tourism industry, as well as the mayor of Eilat-Meir Yitzhak Halevi have contacted the Ministry of Health to prevent tourists from entering their country with travel warnings and isolation instructions.