Passengers arriving on flight from New York refused to evacuate in isolation in hotels and confronted with border control personnel • Most were eventually released for domestic isolation

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First issue: Benevolent riots - Landing on United flight from United States this evening (Wednesday) confronted Benevolent Border Auditors, claiming they were not ready to evacuate immediately as required and deliver an isolation there that would last about two weeks.

The landers are expected to enter the hotel in isolation according to the PM's directive today, presumably while they were in the air - on their way to Israel. At this time, they refuse to vacate and board the trips organized for them in isolation in hotels. The isolation that is supposed to last about two weeks is supposed to be during Passover too. Seder night will be remembered in exactly a week, and many of the landers from the United States were hoping they could celebrate home isolation with their families.

According to the directive today, anyone returning from abroad, no matter what country, must go into supervised isolation, in a hotel specifically designated for that purpose. So far, anyone returning from abroad has been obliged to enter home isolation under his responsibility, now, in the government taking no risks And take hard steps to counter the spread of the virus.

"Israel Today" learned that legal difficulties were found in transferring returners to hotels without having signed a pre-authorization form (note again: PM's decision was taken while the flight was in the air), and so, until the appropriate orders and approvals were formulated, it was decided that all returnees should undergo a heat test And symptoms, and those who are found to have high fever, as well as those who report symptoms without high body temperature, will be referred to MDA treatment, when a decision will be made as to where to transfer it.

The other travelers at this time sign forms that certify that they are capable of home insulation, and will then be released to their home. After questioning returning from New York, 15 passengers were asked to move to a hotel isolation because they had no home isolation capability, and they were transferred to the Prima Park Jerusalem Hotel.

The Ministry of Defense said: "We are preparing to implement the prime minister's directive orderly, on this particular flight and others and on all aspects, as soon as possible."