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Israel is the first country to impose a second nationwide coronavirus lockdown - which takes place during the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that schools, restaurants, shopping centres and hotels would shut on Friday for the next three weeks following a surge in Covid-19 infections.

As part of the new restrictions, members of the public will also be ordered to stay within 500 yards of their homes and no more than ten people can meet indoors.

The country, which managed to deal effectively with the first wave of infections in the Spring through a tough national lockdown, has seen its daily case rate surge with over 4,100 infections recorded on September 12.

According to Worldometer, the country's seven-day rolling average of daily cases has shot up from 63 at the beginning of June to 3,566 as of September 13.

In a televised address to the nation on Sunday, Mr Netanyahu said he regretted imposing the draconian new restrictions but that stabilising the infection rate remained a priority.

He said: “Our goal is to stop the increase (in cases) and lower morbidity.

“I know that these steps come at a difficult price for all of us.

"This is not the holiday we are used to.”

The lockdown, which begins at 1100 GMT on Friday, comes just a few hours before the beginning of the Jewish New year and the High Holidays.

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