Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu @netanyahu encourages Israelis to adopt the Indian way of greeting… https://t.co/jSiRbXoUgi — India in Israel (@indemtel) 1583334192000

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has encouraged Israelis to adopt the Indian way of greeting " Namaste " to prevent the spread of coronavirus Countries across the globe are taking a slew of preventive measures as coronavirus spreads to new areas and the global death toll from the virus crosses 3,000.Israel on Wednesday ordered a two-week quarantine on people arriving from France, Germany, Spain, Austria and Switzerland over coronavirus fears, after imposing similar measures on Italy and several Asian states.Prime Minister Netanyahu, while announcing latest travel bans, said "We are at the peak of a global epidemic.""We are in a better situation than other countries because... we have taken strict, very strict measures, to slow the spread of the virus," he added.The Israeli health ministry also ordered all international conferences in the country cancelled and has banned gatherings of more than 5,000 participants.Israel currently has 15 confirmed cases of the virus but no deaths, with some 7,000 others already in home-quarantine.The death toll due to the deadly disease across the world mounted to 3,123 and confirmed cases surpassed 91,783.