The country currently has 15 confirmed cases but no deaths. FMTNews
Thousands under quarantine voted at special polling stations during elections earlier this week.
Israel had earlier in the day ordered all citizens and residents returning from the five countries – France, Germany, Spain, Austria and Switzerland – into 14-day home quarantine upon entering the country. Guidelines issued by the health ministry on Wednesday afternoon declared that foreigners from the affected European countries “will not be able to enter Israeli territory unless they can prove they have a place to stay in quarantine”.
“We are at the peak of a global epidemic,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during his announcement of the latest travel restrictions.
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