Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the citizens to adopt Indian way of greeting -‘Namaste’- to avoid physical touch as a preventive measure against the rapidly spreading coronavirus.
Embassy of India in Israel tweeted, ” Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu @netanyahu encourages Israelis to adopt the Indian way of greeting #Namaste at a press conference to mitigate the spread of #coronavirus.”
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu @netanyahu encourages Israelis to adopt the Indian way of greeting #Namaste at a press conference to mitigate the spread of #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/gtSKzBDjl4
— India in Israel (@indemtel) March 4, 2020
Israel has confirmed cases of at least 15 and Netanyahu will be announcing measures to tackle the spread of virus in the country.