According to the German magazine Der Spiegel, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has made significant progress in his recovery from what appears to be poisoning, and is now able to speak again.The magazine also reports that Navalny's police protection has been stepped up, as "Navalny can speak again and can likely remember details about his collapse ... which could be dangerous for people behind the attack."However, Navalny's spokeswoman, Kira Yarmysh, tweeted in response that Der Spiegel's story was "exaggerated and contains many factual inaccuracies."

The government's coronavirus cabinet meeting has commenced. Earlier today, the Prime Minister met with senior government ministers as well as the government's coronavirus czar, Prof. Ronni Gamzu, to discuss proposals for lockdown regulations ranging from full nationwide closures to milder measures.An official who participated in the meeting later told journalists that the Prime Minister supports a partial closure rather than the full lockdown favored by Health Ministry officials.

The Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya has issued an update stating that there are currently 57 patients hospitalized in its three coronavirus wards.27 of them are classified as serious cases, with three In ventilators.

A three-year-old reportedly fell from a height and was brought to a clinic in the Arab town of Shfaram for treatment.A MDA team transported the child to Haifa's Rambam hospital, where his condition was defined as moderate.

A young child has been bitten by a yellow scorpion near Mitzpe Ramon.MDA personnel treated the child and transported him to Soroka hospital in Beer Sheva in moderate condition.

Senior HM official: 'We're in direction of national epidemic, even in green cities. Therefore, traffic light model currently cannot work.'

Speaking In Galei Tzahal this morning, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein expressed his frustration at the current situation, and insisted that a total lockdown now seems unavoidable."I don't see any other way to bring the morbidity rate down," he said. "We've tried to avoid imposing a nationwide lockdown, but that has its own drawbacks too. Every time we try to impose tailor-made restrictions for individual communities, those who haven't been 'let off the hook' come to protest outside my house."

State comptroller Matanyahu Engelman has published a document containing information related to Bituach Leumi (Social Security) during the coronavirus epidemic period, in which he alleges that the government does not have vital up-to-date information In unemployment rates, and that its ability to make informed decisions In closures and other restrictive measures is therefore impaired.