The government has confirmed that starting at one o'clock at night, returnees from these countries will be sent to hotels • The decision is valid for 10 days • Prof. Ash: "Everything is being done to block the mutations"
Ministry of Health: To apply an isolation obligation to returnees from Dubai
The government confirmed tonight (Sunday) that starting at one o'clock tonight, anyone returning from the UAE and Brazil will be required to be isolated in a motel, including anyone who has been in Brazil for the past 14 days.
The decision will be valid until 27.1.21.
In addition, a similar decision was made regarding the returnees from South Africa and Zambia was extended for another 10 days, until 27.1.21
At the same time, it was decided to extend the insulation obligation in the hotel for two weeks for anyone returning from any country in the world, unless he agreed to be checked upon entering the country and undertook to perform another inspection after 9 days (then the insulation will be done at home).
Earlier today it was reported that the Ministry of Health is demanding that returnees from Dubai go into solitary confinement in hotels as early as tonight.
Corona's commissioner, Prof. Nachman Ash, said in a briefing today: "We have located four people who entered Dubai over the weekend. These are people who have stayed exclusively in Dubai. There are so far 20 confirmed cases and seven contagion chains. Upon returning to Israel (alongside South Africa, Brazil, Zambia and more) ".
He added that "it is difficult to make a hermetic barrier at the border, but we are doing everything to block these mutations into the country. We are promoting a duty of inspection 72 hours before boarding the plane."