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Effective Sunday 6 am, selected neighborhoods in Beit Shemesh and Netivot were set to enter a lockdown for a five-day period.
The Knesset committee in charge of fighting the COVID-19 novel coronavirus announced the decision Friday to impose the lockdown after both cities showed a sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 infections.
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There is a large population of haredi (strictly Orthodox) Jews in Beit Shemesh, and in the southern city of Netivot as well.
The lockdown is set to end on Friday at 6 am.
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