Israel weighs ultra-Orthodox lockdown

Updated April 1 2020 - 10:03pm, first published 9:31pm
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is questioned by police in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is questioned by police in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak.

Israeli authorities are considering imposing a full lockdown on the crowded ultra-Orthodox Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak, which has become one of the country's hotspots for the coronavirus.

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