Four new cases were discovered on Friday alone, including the first case of transmission on Israeli soil.
Friday
saw a worrisome spike in Israeli coronavirus cases, as four more
citizens were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in Israel, the Health
Ministry reported.
Shimon Dahan returned from quarantine in
Japan after having having been presumed to be "recovered", following his
infection with the virus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship and
subsequent quarantine in Tokyo.
Later on Friday, two men from
northern Israel were also diagnosed with coronavirus after returning
from separate trips to Italy, according to the ministry, making them the
sixth and seventh Israeli citizens to be infected so far.
