Defense Minister Naftali Bennett announced, Thursday afternoon, the establishment of the 104 telephone hotline to deal with non-medical problems posed by the coronavirus. The *5400 hotline will continue to address medical problems.

The hotline is already active. Examples of questions posed include the need to hire more than 10 workers to keep a factory operating or farms without workers, seniors with Palestinian Authority caregivers who have not been allowed to come and relatives stuck abroad.