Coronavirus Outbreak

Opposition leader's office says he feels good and has been following the necessary self-isolation procedures. 

Using data from 1,700 coronavirus patients, 160 of whom were hooked up to ventilators, Rabin Medical Center develops innovative AI system to help doctors decide which patients to hook up to ventilators and at what stage of their hospitalization.

Trial at Sheba Medical Center open to Israelis age 60 and over who have received the original vaccine and a booster. Meanwhile, national COVID data center warns highly contagious BA.2 variant still spreading.

Seoul-based GL Rapha says that while sanctions imposed on Russia will not directly impede its production of the shots, it is concerned of potential problems arising from the financial side as South Korea joins the United States and many European countries in a move to cut off key Russian banks from global payment systems.

Coronavirus caseload drops slightly below 6,000 for the first time since the Omicron infection wave began to decline

The QR code-based software solution will be used for other vaccinations as well, such as polio or yellow fever. Countries worldwide continue to ease restrictions on public life as the Omicron infection wave wanes. Israel reports 9,120 new coronavirus cases.

Experts say herd immunity does not apply to the coronavirus but global populations are moving toward “herd resistance,” where people will have enough protection that future spikes in infection won’t be as disruptive to society.

Ministers back replacing provisional emergency orders with a designation of "special national public health situation," which will be in effect until June.

US CDC and FDA: COVID-19 vaccines unlikely to prompt rare inflammation in children. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students find antisemitic fliers seeking to tie Jewish community to the pandemic.

According to the Health Ministry, 52% of all COVID deaths in Israel are among those over age 80, and 76.6% are among those over age 70.