Finance Minister Yisrael Katz on Wednesday called for the continued opening of businesses as part of the easing of COVID-19-related restrictions.

"An important decision of the Coronavirus Cabinet: to allow 10 customers to enter a store instead of 4. This is a necessary decision in light of the crowded queues and the need to make it easier for customers and business owners. Now it is possible to open markets and malls and allow the economy and many workers to return to full activity," Katz wrote on Twitter.