Witnesses said shoppers rushed out of the upper stories of the mall in Givatayim, near Tel Aviv, after a man came to a medical clinic there complaining of ill health.
Jerusalem – A coronavirus scare in an Israeli mall erupted into a political spat on Sunday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger accusing each other of rumour-mongering in a bid to sway votes a day before a national election.
"People were in the grip of major hysteria and they really cleared me out of the mall. They decided to evacuate the upper floors of the mall and said there was a coronova victim," a witness, Hila Materni, told the Ynet news site. Benny Gantz, a centrist ex-general and the right-wing Netanyahu's main challenger in Monday's election, visited the mall and accused "propagandists" from the ruling Likud party of seeking to play up the coronavirus scare online.
"Here's another example of Benny Gantz himself spreading fake news," Erdan told Israel's Army Radio, accusing the challenger of "looking for excuses" for a poor campaign.
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