Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in a televised statement on Monday a set of new restrictions on the economy aimed at fighting the coronavirus.
The government will approve emergency regulations that will allow authorities to use digital means to track down the location of patients.
The public sector will operate on a smaller "emergency format" and private firms will also have to leave 70% of their workforce at home.
Essential services such as supermarkets, banks, health facilities, etc. will stay open.