Infected Israelis visited multiple public places before being quarantined

After returning from Italy on February 22 he was tested and was found not to have the disease. However, on Thursday evening he began feeling unwell.

By MAARIV ONLINE
Tourists wear protective masks in Saint Mark's Square in Venice as Italy battles a coronavirus outbreak, Venice, Italy, February 27, 2020 (photo credit: REUTERS/MANUEL SILVESTRI)
Tourists wear protective masks in Saint Mark's Square in Venice as Italy battles a coronavirus outbreak, Venice, Italy, February 27, 2020
(photo credit: REUTERS/MANUEL SILVESTRI)
The Health Ministry published its findings from the epidemiological inquiry done on the sixth and seventh Israelis who were diagnosed with coronavirus after returning from Italy.
Currently there are seven coronavirus patients in Israel including, Yitzhak Biton, who got infected in the Diamond Princess off the coast of Japan and was released on Friday from the special quarantine facility in Sheba Medical Center after recovering from the virus.
The sixth patient was in four public places in Israel:
 
1. Flight #AZ810, which departed Italy on February 21 and landed in Israel on February 22 at 3:00 a.m.
 
2. Aroma at the Paz gas station near the Pancake House on route 2 Saturday February 22 at 06:30 a.m. for 30 minutes
 
3. Said Milhim ,an applicance store in Abu Snan, and Mahsaney Zol Sport, a shoe store in Haifa, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on February 22
 

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4. Hummus Parliament and Paz station in Nahariya from 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. on February 23
The seventh patient was in six public places in Israel:
1. Flight 4849 U2 , landed in Israel on February 22 at 6:00 p.m.
2. Maklot Vanille in Afula on February 25 from 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
3. Shufersal at the industry complex of Migdal HaEmek on February 25 from 5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
4. Athena gym in Migdal HaEmek on February 25 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
5. Discount bank in Migdal HaEmek on February 27 from 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
6. The Ahuza restaurant in Afula on February 27 from 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
The ministry said anyone who was on the same flight or was in any of the places listed above at the same time as one of the infected individuals for more than 15 minutes is required to immediately quarantine themselves at home. They are also required to report their situation to the ministry on its website or hotline (*5400). If while in quarantine the individual develops a fever, begins coughing or has difficulty breathing must call Magen David Adom (MDA) at 101.
The two men, who live in northern Israel, were diagnosed with coronavirus after returning from Italy where there is a major outbreak of the virus, marking Israel's sixth and seventh cases.