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The Health Ministry shared the epidemiology of many of the sick patients Friday morning, including four new cases - siblings between the ages of six and 18 - who had been in "close contact with a known coronavirus patient." These four, numbered patients 119-122, have gone to their respective schools and preschools before being put into isolation, those being the Orot school in the town of Or Yehuda, and the Tzivoni and Dekel kindergarden, as well as the Ulpana Tzfira.A 30-year-old man from Jerusalem was diagnosed positive for the coronavirus on Friday after being in contact with a known patient.The country rolled out new restrictions on the public to help stop the spread of the virus, which has topped 125,000 cases worldwide. Many countries have declared a state of emergency.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, together with the Health and Education ministries, shut down schools and universities on Thursday until at least after the Passover holiday. Preschools, special education and at-risk-youth centers are still open, though teachers are protesting that they want them closed to ensure their safety.