Israeli sources said today, Thursday, that the head of the Israeli Mossad agency, Yossi Cohen, will enter the quarantine for three days in a library after it became clear that he had met with Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, who announced this morning that he had been infected with the Corona virus with his wife, as Diwan announced The Israeli Prime Minister said that Netanyahu will re-enter the five-day quarantine after his meeting with Litzman eight days ago, in accordance with the recommendations of his personal doctor and the instructions of the Ministry of Health.
As a result, the Ministry of Health has also announced that the Director General of the Ministry, Moshe Bin Simon, will enter the quarantine, and will be present at a private facility in the Sheba Hospital in central Israel, and from there he will manage his duties in the face of the spread of the Corona virus.
Israeli websites reported that apparently, Litzman had met in the past two weeks with the majority of the leadership in Israel, and most of them would have to remain in quarantine now, and of those with whom he met: the head of the Israeli government, the head of the National Security Council, ministers, directors in the Ministry of Health and Finance, also present. Litzman during the vote to choose the new Knesset Speaker, Benny Gantz.
The office of the Israeli Minister of Health, Jacob Litzman, announced, on the night of Wednesday-Thursday, that he and his wife were infected with the Coronavirus, adding that he and his wife are in good health and will enter the home quarantine under medical supervision according to the Ministry of Health instructions.
The office statement indicated that the Minister of Health will continue to maintain a regular agenda from his home, in accordance with medical recommendations. Noting that all persons who met with him in the past two weeks will be placed in compulsory quarantine.
Channel Two of the Israeli TV reported Thursday morning that senior officials of the Ministry of Health are expected to be quarantined after meeting with the Minister of Health in the past few days.
On Tuesday, the Israeli army announced that the head of the Israeli General Staff, Aviv Kochavi, the commander of the Home Front Command and the head of the operations authority, had been quarantined, after meeting with an officer who was found to be infected with the Corona virus.
On Wednesday, he announced that Kochavi's tests were "good". A statement issued by the army spokesman said that Kochavi "feels fine and will continue to be quarantined in his office, until the end of the week according to the instructions."
It is noteworthy that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ended the quarantine yesterday, which lasted for several days, after meeting with a counselor for him a week and a half ago, it turned out that she was infected with the Corona virus, and Israeli sources are likely to enter Netanyahu again into quarantine after his meeting with Litzman eight days ago .