Cabinet Approves Emergency Regulations Regarding Quarantne for Persons Returning from Abroad
(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Office, the Finance Ministry and the Health Ministry)
The Cabinet, today (Sunday, 12 April 2020), by video conference, approved emergency regulations on quarantine by the state.
It was decided that all persons returning from abroad will, upon their return to Israel, be sent to quarantine by the state at designated hotels. In exceptional cases, the Health Ministry Director General, in consultation with GOC Home Front Command, shall have the authority to allow a person returning from abroad to be quarantined elsewhere for health or humanitarian reasons, or in other special circumstances, according to conditions that will be determined.
It was also decided to extend the validity of the regulations until 22 April 2020.