The Israeli government decided on Monday July 6 to order the immediate closure of bars, nightclubs, party rooms and sports centers to stem the resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic.

In restaurants, the number of covers will also be limited to 20 indoors and 30 outdoors. Attendance at synagogues will be reduced to 19 worshipers and buses will only be allowed to carry 20 passengers, he said in a press release.

We must reverse the epidemic trend to avoid wider confinement, argued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during an extraordinary council of ministers.

After reopening schools, beaches and shops in May, the Hebrew state experienced a marked worsening of the epidemic, which killed 332 people for around 30,000 cases nationwide.

" Close all waypoints"

For its part, the Palestinian government on Monday called on Israel to close all crossing points with the occupied West Bank to combat the spread of the coronavirus, after an increase in the number of cases on each side.

The Palestinian Authority had already decided last week to close for five days, starting on July 3, the areas it governs in the West Bank, but its decision has no effect on the parts of this territory which are under Israeli control. Since 1967, the Hebrew State has occupied the West Bank, a Palestinian territory over which it controls all entry.

"Contamination rates have reached unprecedented levels in Palestine for several reasons, including the fact that we do not control our border crossings and borders," said Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh before the weekly government meeting. .

"We ask Israel to close all the crossing points and the Palestinians working in Israel to stay at their place of work and not to return to the Palestinian territories," he added.

According to the latest report from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, more than 4,200 people have been infected by the Covid-19 pandemic in the West Bank, of which 16 have died. A week ago, the number of cases rose to 2,015.

Most of the infected were infected after attending weddings and funerals, and the rest are Palestinians who have moved to Israel, said Mohammed Shtayyeh.

In mid-June, Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila reported a second wave of contamination, "more dangerous than the first".

With AFP

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