Effective immediately, Israel will test all arrivals from abroad for coronavirus and force them to stay in a designated quarantine hotel or designated quarantine facility for 14 days.
With hotels shut down across the country, several of them have been repurposed into quarantine locations.
Previously, arrivals from abroad were allowed to quarantine at home.
DDF member Proisrael reports that the quarantine hotels are “amazing”, with a free room for each individual person, 3 free catered meals a day, a snack room, and game room with video games, ping pong, foosball, etc. Free masks are also provided to everyone. No word on whether the nights at the hotel count for elite status 😉
Israel locked down its borders early in the crisis, but there has been criticism that returning residents from abroad weren’t being properly screened for coronavirus upon arrival and have been allowed into the country to infect others.
There aren’t many flights from abroad these days, Ethiopian has twice weekly flights from Addis Ababa and United is still operating daily flights from Newark. El Al is also operating rescue flights from various locations across the globe.
Israel has some of the strongest lockdown laws in the world, with residents not allowed to stray more than 300 feet from their home unless it’s for an essential need. Police and soldiers are now enforcing those rules.
You can discuss coronavirus news and more on the dedicated COVID-19 board on DDF here.
Have you been quarantined in an Israeli hotel?
Easiest way to get access to a test
LOL
LOL
For how long?
Read the post?
I think his question was, “For how long is this rule in effect?”
Like pretty much all the new rules these days, for as long as it takes.
In for a free all-inclusive 2 week vacation!
You can even book United saver awards and get a free Pesach program at a hotel 😉
Anyone know the hashgacha?
this may be worth it
Sadly, no April Fool’s joke here.
Wonder if the Waldorf or Citadel is available?
Mamilla parking lot if ur positive
Why is United still flying mostly empty planes back and forth? Did the Israeli govt hire them to bring goods?
Cargo transport has become very lucrative as rates have skyrocketed due to limited air service.
thats what i figured, and elal cant do that because they don’t fly anything domestically i suppose
Confirmed Elal cargo still flying their regular flights
i think i will go just before Passover with my family and have a free Passover program
with all the restrictions etc
Dont understand how israel is still allowing any any non rescue elal flights
just seems counter intuitive
Just to clarify can American citizen go to Israel now? Quarantine in the hotel for 14 days and stay in Israel after
No. Non resident are not allowed to fly to Israel
https://bit.ly/2xE2QoT
HURRY! Free Hotel in Israel
Well this is only for israeli citizens altogether, they dont let anyone else in even with all this
Who pays the bill?