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As Number Of COVID-19 Cases Rise To 50, New Rules For Israeli Bus Rides: Front Row Seats Taped Off, Open Windows & No Standing On Intercity Routes
March 9, 2020 5:56 pm
Fourteen Israelis were diagnosed with the coronavirus on Sunday and 11 on Sunday, raising the number of diagnosed cases in Israel to 45.
Most of the patients recently returned from European countries and others have been in contact with people subsequently diagnosed with the virus.
Also, Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that an employee of the Israeli embassy in Athens has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and has infected two family members.
The employee was on the same flight from Tel Aviv to Athens as the group of Greek tourists who visited Israel and the Palestinian Authority and were diagnosed with the virus upon arriving home in Greece.
The bus driver for the Greek tourists, a 38-year-old East Jerusalem Arab, contracted the coronavirus and is currently in critical condition with acute pneumonia.
Israel’s Transportation Ministry issued new rules for public transportation on Monday, intended to protect bus drivers from contracting the virus as well as protect passengers from contracting the virus from each other. A letter sent by the Director of the National Transportation Authority delineated the rules for bus drivers, including banning passengers from sitting in close proximity to the bus driver. The first row of seats on each bus will be blocked by tape to ensure that a buffer remains between the passengers and the driver...
As Number Of COVID-19 Cases Rise To 50, New Rules For Israeli Bus Rides: Front Row Seats Taped Off, Open Windows & No Standing On Intercity Routes
March 9, 2020 5:56 pm
Fourteen Israelis were diagnosed with the coronavirus on Sunday and 11 on Sunday, raising the number of diagnosed cases in Israel to 45.
Most of the patients recently returned from European countries and others have been in contact with people subsequently diagnosed with the virus.
Also, Israel’s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that an employee of the Israeli embassy in Athens has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and has infected two family members.
The employee was on the same flight from Tel Aviv to Athens as the group of Greek tourists who visited Israel and the Palestinian Authority and were diagnosed with the virus upon arriving home in Greece.
The bus driver for the Greek tourists, a 38-year-old East Jerusalem Arab, contracted the coronavirus and is currently in critical condition with acute pneumonia.
Israel’s Transportation Ministry issued new rules for public transportation on Monday, intended to protect bus drivers from contracting the virus as well as protect passengers from contracting the virus from each other. A letter sent by the Director of the National Transportation Authority delineated the rules for bus drivers, including banning passengers from sitting in close proximity to the bus driver. The first row of seats on each bus will be blocked by tape to ensure that a buffer remains between the passengers and the driver...