Israel's cabinet is scheduled to convene at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the spread of COVID, and the Health Ministry plans to recommend a full, immediate lockdown, including businesses and schools.
"We missed the boat for rigorous restrictions – a lockdown is the only option," Health Ministry Yuli Edelstein said Wednesday while touring a retirement home in Ganei Tikva.
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Some ministers might ask that kindergartens and lower elementary grades in communities graded green or yellow under the Health Ministry's stoplight plan be allowed to stay open.
