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Israel eases new set of COVID-19 restrictions

Students in the fifth and sixth grades will return to school on Nov. 24, and those in grades 11 and 12 on Dec. 1 • One shopping mall to open, as will Eilat and the Dead Sea hotels under certain health conditions.

Closed shops at the Mamilla Mall outside Jerusalem's Old City, on March 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Closed shops at the Mamilla Mall outside Jerusalem’s Old City, on March 15, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s Coronavirus Cabinet decided on Monday to lift certain restrictions on the public, as part of a gradual reopening of the economy following weeks of full and partial lockdowns.

The Cabinet ruled that students in the fifth and sixth grades will return to school on Nov. 24, and those in grades 11 and 12 on Dec. 1, reported Ynet.

According to the report, ministers also revealed a pilot program to reopen large stores and one shopping mall in areas with low COVID-19 infection rates with others to follow if morbidity does not increase.

In addition, hotels in Eilat and the Dead Sea area will reopen under certain health conditions.

“Now we stand at around 650 new cases daily,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet. “Once it starts rising, we will start to close [down] again.”

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