The Ministerial Committee for the Declaration of a Restricted Area on Sunday evening approved the Health Ministry's recommendation to declare Majdal Shams a restricted area starting from Monday, October 26, at 6:00 PM, until Saturday, October 31 at 6:00 PM.
The decision was made in accordance with the morbidity data in the region, which showed that for five days the town received a score of 8 or higher in Israel's 'traffic light' index, in order to deal with the increasing infection rates in the town.