Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has organized an emergency meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday with regard to the swine flu outbreak. Two cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Israel, while a third person is suspected of having contracted the disease.
Netanyahu is considering transferring the responsibility for the situation from the Health Ministry to the Defense Ministry due to the emergency nature of the outbreak. Defense Minister Ehud Barak has already ordered his office to prepare for such a decision.