NIR ETZION (VINnews) — While the rest of Israel continues to take extreme precautions against the coronavirus, with facemasks now obligatory for all residents in the streets and a total lockdown on movements for the entire seventh day of Pesach and the Mimouna celebrations afterwards, some places are isles of tranquility. One such place is the Nir Etzion hotel near Haifa, which has been requisitioned to serve coronavirus patients from Bnei Brak, the city with the highest percentage of infection in Israel (over 2000 patients in a city of 200,000 residents).

Free of the fear of being infected, the patients who do not require hospitalization can actually enjoy Chol Hamoed at the hotel, with minyanim three times a day and even daily entertainment: