Health ministry plans four-month exit from lockdown

Published: 12 October 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Initial stage of plan could start October 18; IDF opens two corona wards in Haifa hospital, marking the first time that military is treating civilians

Health Ministry plans four-month exit from second wave lockdown: report (Times of Israel)
Initial stage of plan’s total 8, as reported by Israeli TV, could start October 18, see preschools, many businesses reopen; one-kilometre travel limit nixed; families allowed to meet

IDF opens two coronavirus wards in Haifa’s Rambam hospital (Times of Israel)
This will be the first time the military provides medical treatment to Israeli civilians; 100 army doctors, nurses, medics to treat dozens of COVID-19 patients

In Israel, coronavirus makes the annual Simchat Torah dancing a whole new ballgame (Haaretz)
In Jerusalem there was less kissing of the sacred Torah scrolls, but it turned out that a soccer field or parking lot could be a cracking good place to spend the holiday

Photo: IDF medical staff prepare to open two coronavirus wards in Haifa's Rambam Medical Centre in Haifa in an undated photograph (IDF)