Israel hits another corona record: More than 1,500 new cases in a day
As a result of the spike in cases, the Jerusalem municipality announced that its designated situation room to plan strategies for combating coronavirus will be reopened.
Police officers close synagogues and disperse public gatherings in an ultra orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Beit Shemesh, following the government's decisions, in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus on March 31, 2020(photo credit: YAAKOV LEDERMAN)ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF