Israel's health minister and his wife were diagnosed with coronavirus and are in isolation following guidelines, the health ministry said on April 2. Litzman and his wife feel well, the ministry said in a statement. Tight curbs have largely confined Israelis to their homes, forcing businesses to close and causing unemployment to skyrocket to more than 24%. “The public now has to listen to the health ministry,” Litzman said in an interview published on Tuesday in the Yedioth Ahronot newspaper. “I proposed to the prime minister and interior minister today to put Bnei Brak on lockdown,” he added.

Source: The Hindu April 02, 2020 06:45 UTC