Health Minister Explains New Restrictions Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said that the new measures that were announced today were approved with the hope that in two weeks there will be no full lockdown. In a press conference held today (Monday) in Jerusalem, Edelstein announced that the primary objective is to flatten the Corona curve. He also said that business owners will be compensated for their losses. Edelstein also announced the appointment of a new special anti-Corona director and presented a new system for breaking the chain of infection. “I am positive that in a few weeks we will be able to remove the restrictions,” Eidelstein said. Source: Walla! News