The Israeli Occupation government said Friday that the comprehensive closure imposed for more than a month throughout the country to contain the coronavirus will gradually ease starting from Sunday, after a slight decrease in the number of infections.

However, international flights will remain suspended until further notice.

The tight lockdown has been extended four times in the Israeli Occupation, which has been conducting a massive vaccination campaign against the Coronavirus since December, with more than 3.3 million people receiving their first dose of the vaccine.

Despite the restrictions imposed, January was the deadliest month, as more than 1,000 people died from the virus.

According to the latest report of the Ministry of Health, the Israeli Occupation, which has a population of nine million, has recorded more than 675,000 cases of coronavirus, of whom 5,019 have died since the start of the outbreak.

The Israeli Occupation is currently registering an average of about 6,500 new cases per day, compared to about 7,000 last week, according to official figures.

"The closure will continue until Sunday morning," and "from Sunday morning 7/2/2021, the closure will be gradually eased," said a joint statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office and the Ministry of Health in Arabic.

According to the decision, restrictions imposed on movement and movement will be canceled only up to a distance of 1000 meters from the house.

Nature reserves, national parks, heritage and archaeological sites will be opened.

It will also open workplaces that do not receive the public, facilities that provide individual service, and allow takeaway from restaurants.

It will again allow some services of hairdressers and beauty salons.

Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv will remain closed for the time being until further notice. The cabinet will meet on Sunday to decide on continuing measures to ease the closure.