MK Tzvi Hauser, head of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, is arguing for the mandatory period of quarantine to be shortened.

"The Health Ministry refuses to recognize the fact that many other countries have shortened their quarantine period, and we are paying the price," he wrote on Twitter.

"I will continue to do everything in my power to pressure the government to shorten the quarantine period," he added. "This will be vital for the country going forward, when we emerge from lockdown."