Three Israeli ministers – Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Public Security Minister Omer Barlev, and Construction and Housing Minister Ze'ev Elkin – tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday, as did National Security Council Director Eyal Hulata. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid contracted COVID-19 last week.
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With four ministers in quarantine, the Diplomatic-Security Cabinet meeting set for Sunday has been canceled.
Lapid said he was feeling fine, as did Lieberman, who tweeted, "I feel good and will quarantine in the next few days. I will continue to pursue responsible economic policies from home, keep track of the data and plan future steps."
Elkin tweeted that he was experiencing "minor symptoms."
Once Hulata tested positive, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his staff underwent testing as well, as were found negative.
Likud MK David Amsalem, Yesh Atid MK Moshe Tur-Paz, and Professor Ran Balicer – a member of the Health Ministry's pandemic response team – also tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend.
Israel has recorded 1,768,135 COVID-19 cases and 8303 deaths since the onset of the global pandemic in March 2020.
Health Ministry data shows that as of Saturday, there are 267,732 active cases and 387 patients hospitalized in serious condition.
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