In case you guys can’t tell, corona is causing a lot of paranoia. Corona is affecting many people but nobody really knows what to do.
Israel is going completely crazy. They are setting new regulations every day. They are now stopping all international travel, people who traveled anywhere (even places with zero cases) as of a few days ago have to be quarantined, there can’t be any gatherings of 100 or more people, and some or maybe all schools are closing. Alexandra’s and my school is cancelled.
Personally, I am not scared of getting corona because, thank goodness, I am healthy and it would not affect me too much, but all of the rules are driving me crazy, and I do not want to be a carrier.
When we were at the border between Israel and Jordan on Sunday (on the Jordanian side), we met a couple who were German, but had not been in Germany for about one month. They had been in Israel the week before and had gone to Jordan for a few days, but because they were traveling on German passports (and Germans are not allowed in Israel because there are a lot of cases in Germany), they were not getting permission to enter back into Israel. They had already tried on Thursday and failed. We felt really bad for them because they hadn’t even been in Germany for a while, and all the crazy regulations are causing many people to be stuck out of Israel.
A few days ago, when Ima, ala, and aunt Sara were in the old city, they saw the German couple. Luckily they had gotten back into Israel!
Now, because we were traveling in the last two weeks, Ima can’t go to school. Even-though Israel has more cases than Budapest and Jordan, people are more scared of getting corona from us than from anyone in Israel.
Corona is not getting better yet, and everyone is trying to prevent it from spreading too much. Everyone should wash their hands and stay healthy! For anyone with no school or no work, enjoy your vacation (even though it is because of corona).
-Naomi