Shira Greenberg, chief economist at the Ministry of Finance, informed Hezi Levi, director general at the Ministry of Health, that the total cost of the imposed restrictions as a result to the Coronavirus reaches 1.5 billion shekels every week - 900 million shekels of which are due to the closure of the malls. There are also indirect long-term costs. PM Benjamin Netanyahu had warned against the rise in the number of the infected stressing the importance of exerting all necessary efforts to prevent the situation from further exacerbating. The Israeli Ministry of Health announced today morning 569 new infections in the occupation's entity.