Hundreds gathered at Jerusalem's Western Wall for a mass service striving to keep the deadly virus from reaching the Jewish state. "We feel the distress of the people who are sick," rabbi says.
"Those who have not contracted the virus, will arrive back home, and those who were found to be carriers of the virus will stay there and we pray for their recovery," Netanyahu says after some of the travelers on the cruise off the coast of Japan were found to be coronavirus carriers.
The Israeli woman, who is among the thousands of passengers on the quarantined Princess Diamond off the coast of Japan, awaits final test results to confirm her condition.
“We are not taking any unnecessary chances,” says PM Netanyahu. “The virus is already found on five continents and in over 25 countries. We are aware of the fact that it will be impossible to completely prevent the entry of the virus; therefore, we will be prepared in advance to deal with the virus after its first entry to Israel."
New figures push the total number of coronavirus infections to over 2,000 worldwide. Several people coming back from China hospitalized in Israel, later cleared of suspected virus.
The father of one of the Israeli soldiers killed in Friday's car ramming attack has called on Israel to apply...
