Senior tourism industry officials tell Israel Hayom that "If all this is over within a month, we'll suffer about a full year's worth of losses. If it goes on longer than that – everything will collapse. Totally."

"People are shutting themselves off and are lonelier. There are also callers with mental health issues, who have lower stress thresholds and their anxiety is greater," says one mental health volunteer.

The defense establishment’s role is twofold: to ensure that the disease does not harm its readiness and to assist civilian systems to cope with the pandemic.

Modern technology allows us to keep in touch with our loved ones in these days of isolation, yet every kilometer separating us still weighs heavily.

As long as there is no new government that enjoys the Knesset's confidence there is nothing preventing the current government from dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.