As the coronavirus continues to sweep the world, Israel has decided to place everyone arriving to the country into quarantine for 14 days, according to the BBC.
“After a day of complex discussions, we made a decision: everyone who comes to Israel from abroad will enter the 14-day isolation,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement. “This is a tough decision, but it is essential to maintain public health—and public health precedes everything.”
The self-quarantine will also apply to foreign arrivals from Thursday, according to Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri. Authorities estimate that about 268,000 Israelis are currently abroad and would need to quarantine themselves upon their return. The country had already imposed this rule for travelers coming from Italy, which has been hit the hardest in Europe.
To date, no one in Israel has died from the virus, though 42 people have been diagnosed.
Meanwhile, Italian citizens are reeling as the outbreak spreads throughout their country. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte imposed the most restrictive limits on movement since World War Two, according to the BBC.
“These days, I have been thinking about the old speeches of [Winston] Churchill—it is our darkest hour but we will make it,” Conte said.
More than a quarter of the Italian population are under strict quarantine rules. Schools, universities,…
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