(Times of Israel) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said arrival of the coronavirus virus in Israel is "unavoidable" and instructed the Israel Institute for Biological Research to prepare a vaccine to the virus in case it needs to be mass-produced. Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman on Sunday called "on those who recently returned from China to make sure to isolate yourselves and stay at home....Everyone must take part in the effort to prevent the spreading of the virus." The Israel Foreign Ministry said Friday it recommended that Israelis not travel to China until the emergency is declared over and that those in China consider leaving the country. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a global emergency.
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