According to TASS, this was reported by the office of the head of government of the country Benjamin Netanyahu.

"The government commission today, in principle, approved the proposal of the Ministry of Health to begin the first phase of easing quarantine starting on Sunday, October 18, in case the trend of reducing the incidence rate does not change," the statement says.

It is specified that this decision will be reviewed if the growth in the number of cases resumes. 

Earlier it was reported that in Israel the number of detected cases of coronavirus exceeded 300 thousand.

Virologist, Professor Anatoly Altstein, in an interview with FAN, assessed the situation with COVID-19.