Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said that Israel is in a critical situation so it has no choice but to close for the third time, after recording more than 3,000 new cases of corona in one day.
"We missed the train and there is no escaping the closure."
The situation is critical and we have wasted valuable time," Edelstein said during a vaccination campaign at a nursing home of senior people.
He added that the number of infections means that we have no choice but to close down."
And the Israeli Ministry of Health announced the registration of 3,594 new cases of Coronavirus during the last twenty-four hours.
The number of Corona victims in Israel since March has reached 3111 deaths, while the number of active cases is 26,275, including 472 severe cases.
On the other hand, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called for the airspace to be closed as soon as possible due to the increasing spread of the new spike of Corona cases in several countries.
"I called for a session of the mini-ministerial council for one purpose, which is to close the sky."
"Since the session we held on Sunday, the spread of the new surge of the Coronavirus has increased in a very large number of countries, and it is clear to us that we are witnessing," Netanyahu added during the meeting of the small ministerial council for Corona affairs the onset of an outbreak is very fast. "
"The viral mass entering the country should be reduced as much as possible, while investigations are being conducted in England about the nature of this virus and whether the vaccine will stand up to it and other issues," Netanyahu added.
"To do this thing, I ask to reproduce the measures we took during the first wave of the first Coronavirus, meaning closing the airspace as soon as possible," the Israeli Prime Minister said.
Israel officially launched the Coronavirus vaccination campaign using the US Pfizer vaccine on December 20.
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