Chinese diplomat Dai Yuming on Sunday urged Israel to re-consider extreme preventive measures the government has taken against the spread of the coronavirus.
"Even in dark times in history, we did not close our gates to the Jewish people and we hope that Israel won't close its gates to the Chinese," Yuming said at an urgent press conference at the Chinese Embassy in Tel Aviv. "The virus has been restrained, we take care of the security of foreign nationals in China. Too bad some spread fake news on social media - avoid overreacting, remove the restrictions on trade and movement."