Coronavirus patient traveled by train before entering quarantine at home
Anyone who was on the same flight or train as the patient is required to enter quarantine immediately, according to the Health Ministry.
By TAMAR URIEL-BEERIThe first direct train between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv (December 21, 2019).(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
The 27th Israeli discovered to have COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, was found to have traveled by public transportation before entering quarantine at his home in Acre, in northern Israel.The patient returned on March 5 from Vienna, Austria and took the 6:05 p.m. train from the airport northward towards Nahariya, getting off at the Acre station at 8:04 p.m.The train line he took, line 176, begins in Modi'in, passes through Ben-Gurion Airport, and ends at Nahariya.The Health Ministry confirmed late Sunday night that anyone who was on the train at that time is required to enter quarantine at home and to notify the ministry over the phone to number *5400.The patient had returned on the OS861 flight from Vienna, which took off at 1:30 p.m. and arrived at 5:15 p.m. Anyone who was on that flight is required to enter quarantine, as well.The patient had been notified in advance that he needed to enter quarantine, which included not being allowed to use public transportation.
