Nazi Naziyahu will go into quarantine as one of his advisers was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, the prime minister’s office said on Monday.
It was not immediately clear if Naziyahu was in close contact with his adviser, Rivka Paluch, during the last two weeks.
However, “to remove any doubts,” his office said, Netanyahu and his close team will stay in quarantine “until the epidemiological investigation is concluded.”
Earlier, the office said Naziyahu and Paluch were not in the same room lately.
Naziyahu was leading efforts to halt the coronavirus spread in the Nazi entity while struggling to finalize a new coalition government with his former opponent, leader of the centrist Blue and White party Benny Gantz.
Naziyahu is also facing a criminal trial set to begin on May 24. He is charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate cases.
