Israel deploys cyber-monitoring against coronavirus, tells people not to leave home


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  • Tuesday, 17 Mar 2020

FILE PHOTO: A man rides a scooter while wearing a mask at a food market after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government announced that malls, hotels, restaurants and theaters will shut down from Sunday, in an escalation of precautionary measures against coronavirus, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Corinna Kern

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli government began deploying cellphone-monitoring technology against the coronavirus on Tuesday and urged people not to leave home unless necessary.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet approved emergency regulations enabling the Shin Bet security service to tap into cellular data to retrace the movements of the infected.

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