Beginning Tuesday at 4 p.m. until Saturday night at 8 p.m. the government is expected to ban movement between cities. From Wednesday at 2 p.m., just before Passover begins that evening, until 7 a.m. on Thursday, Israelis will not be allowed to leave their homes.
Ten Israeli corona patients recover for every one who dies, a much higher ratio than in most OECD countries. Some 141 COVID-19 patients listed in serious condition, with 107 on ventilators. A total of 51 Israelis have succumbed to the disease.
"We cannot hold an entire community responsible for the rogue actions of a few," Rivlin says. Netanyahu: The pandemic does not differentiate between the ultra-orthodox and the secular, Arabs and Jews, and neither do we.
Modi'in Mayor Haim Bibas says government bureaucracy is keeping cities from dealing with the health crisis in an optimal manner, and urges mayors and local authority heads to set up "independent war rooms."
Police to stop any cars crossing city limits, and occupants will have to justify their trip. Jerusalem to be divided into eight districts to allow for corona quarantine. Health Ministry wants quarantine expanded to additional cities with large haredi populations.
When reality threatens the very fundamentals of fiction, a besieged author arms herslef with grace from the farthest point on earth.
Man arrested after refusing to self-isolate despite carrying deadly contagion, forcing the Israel Police to stop bus. Dozens of passengers will have to self-isolate in wake of exposure.
Health Ministry says 8,018 Israelis have been diagnosed with the virus, 48 succumb to COVID-19 disease. Magen David Adom paramedic attacked upon entering Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood to administer a coronavirus test.
A sacred New York tradition has helped a dispirited author cope with his city being hit.
Among other cargo, the Israir plane will carry home some two million protective masks. Israir expected to perform additional similar flights to the Far East.
