After being tested positive for the coronavirus, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going into self-quarantine, his office confirmed Monday to Fox News.
Until the epidemiological investigation regarding his adviser is completed, the prime minister's office said Netanyahu and his staff will go into quarantine. Also, after his Rivka Paluch, adviser for parliamentary affairs, tested positive for COVID-19, Netanyahu's other advisers are also isolating.
Netanyahu has undergone a test and will remain quarantined until he got results or cleared by the health ministry and his personal doctor, the office told the Associated Press.
Netanyahu joins the other world leaders who have had experience with the coronavirus.
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Also, the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, tested positive for coronavirus which was revealed on Friday. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, the wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has recovered from the virus weeks after she fell ill upon returning from a trip to London.
After testing negative for the virus last Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel continued her self-quarantine after a doctor she recently had contact with tested positive for the virus.
Daily life in Israel had shut down due to the coronavirus outbreak with several thousands of people out of work and all but essential movement out of the home restricted by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The Israeli government has sanctioned limitations that restrict individuals from visiting parks, pools, beaches, and museums and furthermore limit social associations and work from home where possible.
Grocery stores, drug stores, and hospitals will stay open, and laborers who need to go to their workplaces will be permitted to do as such.
Israel had more than 4,300 confirmed cases and at least 15 deaths due to the coronavirus, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, as of Monday.
Netanyahu has called for an emergency unity government with the country's coronavirus outbreak declining day by the day, most recently in a nationally broadcast speech Wednesday night.
An unexpected step that could pave the way to a power-sharing deal between the two men after three bitter and inconclusive elections, on Thursday his chief political rival, Benny Gantz, was chosen as the new speaker of parliament
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have to share power with his chief rival Benny Gantz as the new speaker of parliament due to his current situation.
Gantz declared in his first speech as a speaker, "Democracy has won," saying he had taken the unpopular step to deal with the national emergency of a worsening coronavirus crisis.
Gantz also said "These are not regular days and they demand irregular decisions. Therefore as I said, I intend to examine and advance in every way the establishment of a national emergency government, we will not compromise on the principles that more than 1 million citizens voted for. Netanyahu knows that well."
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