A riot broke out today (Thursday) at Ben Gurion Airport, after hundreds of passengers who landed on three different flights from Dubai refused to evacuate to the isolation hotels, as stipulated in the Corona regulations. According to reports, the passengers gathered in front of the Exceptions Committee in the passenger hall at Ben Gurion Airport and a “bottleneck” and heavy traffic was created there. The passengers demand that the Exceptions Committee of the Ministry of Health grant them an exemption.
Documentation: Citizens who landed at Ben Gurion Airport oppose evacuating to isolation hotels. One of them shouted – “Shame on you – you will learn from Dubai how to behave. People are sick here and you are strengthening them “@sharonidan pic.twitter.com/dDehAsYFe4
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Following the increase in morbidity, the Corona Cabinet confirmed on Monday that all returnees from abroad will be required to isolate in hotels, in an attempt to curb the British mutation that has already arrived in Israel. From England a few days ago and is in home isolation, in good condition.
About a week ago, the Ministry of Health announced that all countries in the world would be considered red countries. This means that any person who returns to Israel from abroad will have to go into solitary confinement for 14 days, or alternatively, upon arrival, perform a test to detect the corona virus, which will be accompanied by another test after nine days. If both tests show that the virus is not infected, the person will be able to leave the isolation after 10 days.
“Anyone who has been to Dubai knows that masks and social distance are more strict there than in Israel,” Israir’s VP of Marketing Gil Satyu told Maariv in protest of the government’s policy. “Hours before the flight and upon arrival at the airport, and the majority stay in Dubai for only three to four nights, so the likelihood of infection is very low,” he explained, adding: