Coronavirus Outbreak

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett demands IDF takeover coronavirus crisis management in full. "We’re fighting a tough biological war," he says.

Synagogue in haredi community of Rechasim was holding public prayers in violation of Health Ministry orders.

Residents of the city, which now leads Israel in the number of corona cases, insist that the majority of residents are now following Health Ministry orders. Any other year, they say, the streets would be packed ahead of Passover. Now, they are empty.

Israel Hayom’s US correspondent and his family fought the coronavirus in New York, then decided to leave the city they love for the mountains of Pennsylvania.

PM, other top officials in self-isolation after Health Minister Yakov Litzman tests positive for novel coronavirus.

Some 200,000 residents of haredi city told they cannot leave city, must comply with shelter-at-home ordinances as country ramps up efforts to slow coronavirus infection rate. City is one of the poorest, most dense in Israel.

Israel's coronavirus death toll exceeds 30 as cases climb to 6,211, with 107 Israelis in serious condition. Mossad chief, Health Ministry director and its head of public health also ordered to self-isolate after coming in contact with Health Minister Yakov Litzman, who has tested positive for COVID-19.

Israeli pharmaceuticals giant's hydroxychloroquine has been previously approved for treating malaria, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis patients. Israel's Magen David Adom plans to begin treating coronavirus patients with a new "passive vaccine," created from plasma donated by patients who recovered from the disease.

United Torah Judaism leader Yakov Litzman, 71, is at high risk for complications from COVID-19. Litzman's wife also tests positive, both self-isolate at home. National security adviser, Health Ministry director and several other officials will be going into self-isolation as well, as they have been with daily contact with Litzman.

PM asks Israel to sacrifice for the public good as Israel's coronavirus cases exceed 6,000. Government to hand out monetary benefits to Israelis to alleviate economic costs of pandemic.