Israel to reinstate strict three-week coronavirus lockdown

Israel will reinstate strict lockdown measures for three weeks amid a surge in coronavirus cases, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. “Our goal is to stop the increase (in cases) and lower morbidity,” Netanyahu said in a nationally broadcast statement, according to The Associated Press. “I know that these steps come at a difficult price for all of us. This is not the holiday we are used to.”Restaurants, schools and hotels, among…