Spoke to PM Modi over coronavirus issue: Benjamin Netanyahu

TIL Desk/National/Jerusalem/ Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he has spoken to PM Narendra Modi over the issues related to the Coronavirus outbreak and its effect to the supply lines in his country.

The deadly novel coronavirus that first originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year has claimed over 4,200 lives and infected more than 117,330 people across 107 countries and territories, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) describing the outbreak a pandemic.

“I also spoke to the prime minister of India, my friend Narendra Modi. We are dependent on supply lines from various countries. We are looking into it all the time,” Mr Netanyahu told .

His remarks came during joint statements with the finance minister, the economy and industry minister, the Bank of Israel’s governor and the finance ministry director-general on dealing with the economic implications of the coronavirus.