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A sharp increase in the number of corona cases has prompted Israel to reintroduce the heavy restrictions it had in April. Write CNN.
The closure means, among other things, that all schools, restaurants, and various public gathering places will close. People must also stay within a 500 meter radius of the home, and gatherings of more than 20 people outdoors or 10 people indoors cannot be held.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a press conference on Sunday that the reason was that they had to make sure the health service had the capacity to treat those infected.
Several days in the past week, more than 4,000 new cases of infection were confirmed in the country. Since the pandemic began, 156,596 cases have been confirmed in the country, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Initially, the new restrictions apply for three weeks.
Infection log
On Sunday night, the World Health Organization announced that a new record had been set for the number of people infected in 24 hours.
In the 24 hours from Saturday to Sunday, the WHO reported 307,930 new cases of corona infection worldwide. During the same period, 5,537 people died from the coronavirus, according to the WHO.
The old record was September 6. At that time, 306,857 new cases of infection were confirmed.
