In the evening of February 28 local time (in the early morning of Beijing time on the 29th), an emergency statement issued by the Israeli Ministry of Health stated that another Israeli citizen was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. The man lives in northern Israel and returned to Israel from Italy on February 24. The statement said that all the recent journeys and activity maps of this male patient will be announced soon, and those who have contact with him need to be quarantined for two weeks in a timely manner.
Previously, a male patient who had returned to Israel from Italy on February 23 had confirmed his wife's infection as the first human-to-human transmission in Israel.
As of press time, a total of 9 new cases of new coronary pneumonia have been confirmed in Israel, of which 7 are in isolation.
According to another report, Israel Airlines announced on the 27th that direct flights from Tel Aviv, Israel to Beijing and Hong Kong, China were postponed from April 24 to May 2. (Mainland reporter Tang Xiangwei)