JERUSALEM, Dec 27 (NNN-PNA) – Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, entered quarantine yesterday, after his daughter tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesman for the prime minister’s office said, in a statement.
Bennett’s wife and other children tested negative, the statement added.
Israel’s Ynet news reported that, Bennett left a special cabinet meeting, held in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, in order to enter quarantine, after his 14-year-old daughter tested positive.
Education Minister, Yifat Shasha-Biton, also entered quarantine yesterday, after her daughter tested positive.
Bennett had entered quarantine on Dec 14, after a person on his flight back from a historic visit to the United Arab Emirates, tested positive for COVID-19.
Israel has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases, after the spread of the Omicron variant.– NNN-PNA
