Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone on Sunday with United States Vice President Mike Pence regarding the coronavirus.

The two agreed that follow-up talks will be held in the coming hours between the Israeli team on dealing with the virus and the American team, with the participation of Doctor Deborah L. Birx, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator. The talks will be held in order to advance technological and scientific cooperation on the virus issue and to discuss joint ways of dealing with the challenges it poses.