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Ditch Handshake, Greet With Namaste: Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

04 Mar, 2020 09:11 PM

    To prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has found a solution to greet people without touching each other. Instead of the normal handshake, Mr Netanyahu suggests his countrymen to opt for "Namaste" to greet each other.

     

    "Namaste" is the customary way to greet each other in India with folded hands.

     

    At a press conference following a review meeting to fight the infection, Netanyahu said several measures will be announced to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but some simple steps like replacing handshakes with other forms of greetings, like the Indian ‘Namaste’, can help. He also demonstrated at the press conference how Indians do ‘Namaste’.

     
     

    “We have had to take rigorous steps to slow the spread of the disease in Israel, we have taken select isolation and flight policies and measures for flights,” he added.

     

    Israel has 15 confirmed cases of the deadly virus but no deaths, with some 7,000 others in home-quarantine.

     

    “We will not hesitate to do things even if they are unpopular. I don’t want to call it an epidemic — but it’s not far from it,” he said.

     

    Over 3,000 people have died of coronavirus worldwide, while some 90,000 have been infected. China, where the coronavirus broke out, confirmed 38 new deaths on Wednesday, taking the toll to 2,981 with a total of 80,270 infected. Outside Hubei, the epicentre, there were only four deaths.

     

    In South Korea, the death toll has risen to 32, with 5,328 people infected. In Italy, the toll jumped to 79, with over 2,500 confirmed cases. In Iran, at least 77 people have died while 2,336 are infected.

     

    Meanwhile in India, the total number of confirmed cases reached 28. Among them, one person was from Delhi, six of his relatives in Agra, 16 Italians and their Indian driver, one in Telangana and the three earlier cases in Kerala.

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