Employers told to reduce workforce outside homes to 15% of normal capacity, while employees coming in to work must report on their body temperature on a daily basis

'The job of the Jewish people is to pray for the good of the entire world,' says Safed chief rabbi, as overall death toll from China’s epidemic jumps to 1,665

Airports, public transport cease operations, radio and television broadcasts go quiet and roads empty ahead of 25- hour Day of Atonement; IDF imposes closure on West Bank, Gaza

Police and paramedics to spread out in force as country's roads and services set to shut down for 25-hour Day of Atonement

Final penitential prayer service held ahead of holiest day of Jewish calendar