Outgoing Health Ministry Director Moshe Bar Siman Tov this morning addressed his term in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis, saying in a Kan Reshet Bet interview that "the recent increase in the number of infected patients has surprised me. I was expecting a longer calm period."

Simantov claimed in the interview that "this is not the time to open the skies" and estimated that "the coronavirus could accompany us to the end of 2022".