As the novel coronavirus continues to rattle the world, Israel and the Palestinian Authority are grappling with containing the outbreak.
■ 25 Israelis have so far tested positive for coronavirus, known as COVID-19; thousands have been placed in isolation; Israeli man from East Jerusalem's condition worsens
■ All travelers returning to Israel from Germany, Spain, France, Switzerland and Austria are ordered to go into a 14-day quarantine, effective immediately as Israel mulls extending confinement to some U.S. flights
■ Palestinian Authority bars all foreign tourists for two weeks, closes Bethlehem churches and mosques with 19 confimed cases of virus
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8:52 A.M. Condition of infected Israeli man from East J'lem worsens
A 38-year-old Israeli man from East Jerusalem who caught the disease and required artificial respiration is currently in harsh condition and suffering from high fever, the Poriya Hospital in Tiberias said in a statement. (Noa Shpigel)
2:30 A.M. Third AIPAC Policy Conference attendee diagnosed
A third AIPAC Policy Conference attendee has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, a Los Angeles County Department of Public Health statement said Saturday.
The patient is a Los Angeles resident who recently returned from the pro-Israel lobby's conference in Washington, D.C., the statement said. The department did not mention whether this person contracted the virus at AIPAC, or if they had already caught it before the conference, which took place from last Saturday until Tuesday and drew about 18,000 participants.
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10:15 P.M. Two more Israelis diagnosed with coronavirus, bringing total to 25
A woman from central Israel tested positive for Covid-19 after coming in contact with a group of Japanese tourists, becoming the 24th case in Israel. At the same time, an Israeli man from the center also tested positive with the virus after returning from Spain on March 2, becoming the 25th case in the country. (Ido Efrati)
10:00 P.M. Saudi Arabia asks people arriving from four countries to self-quarantine
Saudi Arabia has asked people who have travelled to Lebanon, Egypt, Italy or South Korea to self-quarantine for two weeks from the day of their arrival in the Kingdom, Saudi state media quoted the health ministry as saying on Saturday. (Reuters)
09:30 P.M. 23rd Israeli diagnosed with coronavirus
An Israeli from the Tel Aviv district just tested positive for the coronavirus after returning from Italy on February 29, and remaining in quarantine since. (Ido Efrati)
09:30 P.M. Greece reports 21 new coronavirus cases in a day, bringing the total in to 66 (Reuters)
08:30 P.M. 22nd Israeli diagnosed with the virus
A man in his fifties from central Israel, who came back from Barcelona, Spain on March 1, has just tested positive for the coronavirus after being in quarantine for the past few days. (Ido Efrati)
8:30 P.M. Egypt confirms 33 new cases of coronavirus on Nile cruise ship
Egypt confirmed on Saturday 33 new cases of coronavirus on a cruise ship on the River Nile that officials said the previous day had been struck by the virus, the health minister said.
None of the cases were showing symptoms of the illness, Health Minister Hala Zayed told reporters. (Reuters)
8:27 P.M. Israel may expand quaratine order to some U.S. arrivals
Health Ministry Director General Moshe Bar Siman Tov said Israel may expand quarantine regulations to arrivals from some U.S. states, adding he expects a final decision "today or tomorrow."
"We're looking at states in the U.S. where there's higher rates of morbidity," Bar Siman Tov told Israel's Channel 12 News. "These states are Washington, California, and it seems that there's a high rate of infection in New York, too."
He stressed that the Health Ministry's directives on measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak "are purely professional," saying no political factors affect them. (Ronny Linder)
6:50 P.M. Air France to cancel all flights to and from Tel Aviv until March 28
Air France confirms having been advised by Israeli authorities regarding entry into Israeli territory applicable to foreign citizens who visited several countries including France, Germany, Spain, Austria and Switzerland.
5:19 P.M. Three more cases discovered in Bethlehem
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah said three more Palestinians tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the West Bank to 19. The three latest patients have been taken to a quarantine facility in Bethlehem.
According the ministry's statement, lab tests have confirmed they were in contact with people who were at the Angel Hotel, where several staff members are said to have contracted COVID-19 from Greek tourists. (Jack Khoury)
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