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Mother, who is asymptomatic, and daughter hospitalized together in negative pressure room at the Rambam hospital in Haifa.

Virtually all public transportation to end indefinitely, shops to shutter as total lockdown comes into force Wednesday night. Number of Israeli fatalities from coronavirus-linked illness COVID-19 reaches five, with 2,170 Israelis diagnosed as carriers. At least 37 are in serious condition.

The woman was hospitalized in the Wolfson Medical Center in central Israel and suffered from several serious pre-existing conditions. Number of corona cases in Israel exceeds 1,600, 30 in serious condition.

The number of Israelis diagnosed with the coronavirus has risen to 1,656, with 31 in serious condition. PM warns “nightmare scenario” could spell 10,000 deaths from coronavirus. 

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein refuses to commit to holding a vote over his permanent replacement. “I cannot agree to the ultimatum [presented to me and the Knesset]”, Edelstein said on Twitter, adding that setting the legislature’s agenda was the speaker’s prerogative, not the court’s.

Major sporting nations Australia and Canada had already withdrawn on Monday as organizers came under global pressure to postpone the event for the first time in its 124-year modern history.

Open letter calling out failures of upper echelon garners 170 signatures from hospital department heads within three hours: "The system is detached from what is actually happening," claims one signatory.

Following hours-long deliberations, PM Netanyahu decides to introduce strict measures to enforce lockdown, limit public's movement as fight against COVID-19 continues.

A group of 100 was quarantined immediately upon return to Israel this weekend. M., who tested positive, describes "massive community spread" in Brooklyn and warns that "almost everyone" on their flight has likely contracted the virus.