Palestinian health official confirms that PA and Israel are working in "close coordination" to check spread of coronavirus, provide aid to the Gaza Strip. Israel worried that corona outbreak in Gaza could crush healthcare system there.
The Health Ministry should provide expert guidance, but the IDF is the only entity in Israel capable of handling an event as "dangerous and complicated" as the coronavirus epidemic, say defense officials.
Health Ministry says 18 people, including a preemie, are in serious condition. Government considering postponing the implementation of daylight savings time to help keep people off the streets late at night.
Popular e-commerce sites are selling a mask model KN-95 that isn't approved by the Health Ministry and won't protect them from the coronavirus, warns senior official from the company that procures equipment for government hospitals.
Premature baby, which was already in serious condition after his birth, now has another challenge to overcome. It is still unclear whether he was infected by a staff member or by one of his parents.
In an interview to "Bild," Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says that PM Netanyahu shook him out of his complacency, urging him to "do something" to contain the epidemic.
Plans are underway to provide beds for 2,000 corona patients. All elective hospital procedures are canceled, and Israel's private hospitals will handle surgeries scheduled for public hospitals. Sheba Medical Center has completed an underground facility for patients on ventilators.
Health Ministry: 20 people in serious condition, 37 people have recovered. Israel recorded its first fatality from COVID-19 over the weekend, an 88-year-old resident of Jerusalem.
“No one knows at the moment where this will go – we know how it started and don’t know how it will end,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, imploring citizens to stay at home.
Two Palestinians who had traveled from Pakistan and entered Gaza through Egypt test positive for the virus and are quarantined in Rafah. Palestinian health officials say 53 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the West Bank.
