American woman who traveled in Israel diagnosed with coronavirus - The Jerusalem Post

An American woman from New York City who traveled around Israel from February 23 to 27 was diagnosed with coronavirus Wednesday night, according to the Health Ministry. She had been staying in Jerusalem.

The ministry is now asking anyone who was in the locations she visited when she was there to start a 14-day period of home isolation.

She went to Osher Ad grocery store on General Pierre Koenig Street in Talpiot, ate at the First Station and shopped at Hadar Mall, among other places. She also took local buses.

According to the ministry, she returned home on El Al flight LY27, departing Israel on February 28 at 1:05 a.m. and landing in New York the same day at 6:00 a.m. Here is the full list of her travels: February 22: Arrived in Israel on flight LY8 from New York at 5:10 p.m.
February 23: 9:30-11:30 p.m., dinner at Cafe Rimon in Mamilla; shopping at the clothing store ZARA
February 24: 1:00-3:00 p.m., lunch at Cafe Rimon in the City Center; bus ride on Egged bus No. 74 from King George Street to Derech Hebron; 5:00-7:00 p.m., shopped at Osher Ad at Hadar Mall in Talpiot
February 25: 2:00-3:00 p.m., spent time at First Station and ate at the restaurant The Kitchen Station
February 26: 9:00-10:00, visited Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot; 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., shopped in Hadar Mall (FOX Home, Osher Ad and Tzomet Sefarim)
February 27: 10:00 a.m., traveled on Egged bus No. 74 from Derech Hebron to Talpiot; 11:00 a.m. - 1 p.m. ate at Caffit on Emek Refaim; 7:30 p.m. traveled on Egged bus No. 74 from Derech Hebron to the Central Bus Station; 8:30 p.m. traveled on the train from Jerusalem to Ben-Gurion Airport
February 28: Left Israel on flight LY27 at 01:05 a.m.

The woman, who is in her 50s, is a "close contact" of one of the people in New York City who was also diagnosed with coronavirus, the ministry said. He was admitted to the hospital earlier this week; it was reported Wednesday that his son has also contracted the virus.

The woman has no symptoms, the ministry said. On Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tweeted that there are 11 cases of coronavirus in New York, apparently all in the Jewish community. Five of those cases are from one family from New Rochelle: a 46-year-old woman, her 45-year-old husband and three of their children who attend Westchester Torah Academy. Furthermore, a 50-year-old Orthodox Jewish attorney was hospitalized earlier this week and is in critical condition after testing positive for COVID-19. His son, a student at Yeshiva University, also tested positive for the virus. Cuomo shared that the man's wife, daughter and neighbor had also tested positive. Westchester Torah Academy and three other Jewish day schools, as well as Yeshiva University, have temporarily discontinued classes. Two university students and some 600 congregants of an Orthodox synagogue went into home quarantine as a result of the virus, according to the most recent reports. However, "some good news," tweeted Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, president of YU on Thursday morning, "Two tests of students who were considered at risk due to proximity, including roommate, came back negative. Chasdei Hashem." In Israel, 15 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus and between 50,000 and 100,000 are in home quarantine. JTA contributed to this report.

2020-03-05 13:09:00Z
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