Return to routine in the form of closure: As part of an assessment of the current situation yesterday (Saturday), the Commissioner of Police, Yaakov Shabtai, together with the head of the traffic department, Alon Arieh and the head of the operations department, Amnon Alkalay, Of placing the barriers during the day.
This is what the first hours of the tight closure looked like // Photo: Yoni Rickner, Moshe Ben Simhon, Paz Bar, Shmuel Buharis, newsenders, Gil Kramer
This is in light of past experience and in order to reduce traffic congestion and reduce routine disruption as much as possible, especially in the morning and evening. According to the decision, from 09:00 25 checkpoints will be set up and at 15:30 the checkpoints will be removed until about 18:00 and then deployed again until night, all with the aim of allowing drivers to reach essential jobs quickly and allowed to operate and return to their homes.
At the same time, vehicles and motorcycles of the Traffic Division will continue to conduct patrols and scans on the arteries, regardless of the layout of the checkpoints, in order to continue the sequence of supervision and enforcement around the clock.
As you may recall, as part of the tight closure that went into effect last Thursday night, the activities of businesses, trade and service providers will be banned. The education system will also be closed (except for special education), and restaurants will only be able to work in the form of deliveries. However, the situation will be different in cases of certain workplaces where employees are necessary to provide a product or service and where full occupancy will be allowed; Enterprises for the provision of subsistence services that have been recognized as such (in which the full presence of employees will be allowed).
An enterprise with a special permit to employ an employee during rest hours (it is permitted to stay the number of workers allowed in the permit or up to 30% of the workers’ situation, whichever is higher); Defense industry and security support enterprise – up to 60%; Places where construction work or infrastructure work is engaged that does not include a gathering in a closed structure (all workers will be allowed to stay); A government ministry, a local authority, a religious council and an institution of higher education will work with the minimum amount of manpower required and jobs allowed in the regulations.
In addition, it will be permitted to receive services at the home of a home repair service provider (for example, a plumber) and babysitting services for the care of children from the same nuclear family. Local authorities will be allowed to establish activities of the youth units, including the activation of volunteers, activities in centers for at-risk youth and more.
There will be a restriction on leaving up to 1,000 meters from the house, and it will be forbidden to stay in another person’s house. The following things were allowed: stocking up on essential medicines, food and products and receiving essential services; Assistance to a person who has difficulty or distress requiring assistance; Receiving medical care, essential social care, complementary medicine care; Departure of a woman for baptism in a pure mikveh; A person with a disability may leave his home for a distance exceeding 1,000 meters with one escort, if this is required due to his disability;
Transfer of a minor between parents living separately or transfer of a minor for whom the responsible parent is required to leave for a vital need and there is no responsible place of residence where the minor can be left under his supervision; Vital animal care; The departure of an employee or candidate for a job to a job whose activity is permitted, including the departure of a journalist or employee of the media professions.
