Business and Economy
Up to 80 percent of Israel’s public-sector workers and 70 percent of its private-sector office workers to go on leave until after Passover.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces a slowdown of the country’s economy, including the closure of schools, at a projected cost of NIS 2 billion ($545 million) per week.
Iranian Health Ministry confirms 1,075 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours, bringing total to 10,075 • Tehran requests $5 billion in aid from International Monetary Fund to deal with crisis.
“This is a tough decision, but it is essential to maintain public health—and public health precedes everything,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“If immediate government aid is not forthcoming, mass layoffs will begin, and the sector will lose over half of its employees,” says IHA president Amir Hayek.
Of new cases, seven returned from Europe and six contracted virus in Israel • Patients reportedly in “light condition” with three already released from hospital.
“I will continue building relationships between Israel and its neighbors in the region to work on what once seemed impossible—building together an economic bridge of peace,” said former U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt.
After the Israeli Health Ministry recommended citizens not to travel abroad, El Al is seeing a significant drop in passengers to Vienna, Budapest, Brussels and Frankfurt.
The Israeli airliner has reported to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that the epidemic could cost $70 million in lost revenue from January to April.
The book was published as part of Facebook’s #SheMeansBusiness campaign, which was launched in May 2016 and helps connect businesswomen around the world.
Concerns about a lack of supplies are battering industries worldwide as the coronavirus spreads and the shutdown in China continues.
The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial said that the show presents a “dangerous” fictional version of the Holocaust, specifically criticizing a scene in the opening credits where a chess game features humans as pieces killed after each is taken by the opponent.
