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America’s top diplomat Mike Pompeo is in quarantine after being exposed to a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, the State Department says.
The US secretary of state “has been tested and is negative. In accordance with CDC guidelines, he will be in quarantine. He is being closely monitored by the Department’s medical team,” a State Department spokesperson says, adding that for privacy reasons they could not identify the person he came into contact with.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pats his head during a joint press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/Pool via AP)
Bahraini, UAE delegation attends Chanukah candle-lighting ceremony at Kotel
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Israel edges closer to third lockdown as daily COVID-19 infections cross 2,000
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A small number of Jewish worshipers pray during the priestly blessing, a traditional prayer which usually attracts thousands of worshipers at the Western Wall on the holiday of Passover, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 12, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun.
JNS.org – A delegation from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain took part in a Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony at the Western Wall on Monday night.
Speaking at the event, Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch said, “Who would have believed that peace would come to our home in such a glorious way? It is a Hanukkah miracle to see a delegation from the Emirates and Bahrain that is taking part in the candle lighting.”
People wearing face masks on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem, on December 15, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Health Ministry is expected to recommend a shutdown of commercial activity that will start next week and last for five weeks, to combat runaway coronavirus infection rates, according to a report on Tuesday evening.
The ministry expects Israel to reach 2,500 daily coronavirus infections as a weekly average its benchmark for reposing restrictions late next week, the Kan public broadcaster report said, citing senior ministry sources.
The report said stores and businesses will likely be closed for five weeks. Since the proposed health regulations will leave the education system open in low- and medium-infection zones, the restrictions will have to last for more time because the presumed drop in infections that follows will likely be slower, according to the report. Schools in virus hotspots will be closed if new restrictions are imposed.