4.9% of Israel's Jewish population has sought counseling for depression, anxiety, or loneliness since start of pandemic. Study finds that depression in younger COVID patients increases risk of complications.
Third coronavirus outbreak breaks morbidity records, affects pregnant women. Political leaders and doctors call on the public to get vaccinated, follow lockdown guidelines.
Critics say the deal raises major ethical concerns, including possible privacy violations. Health Ministry: Vaccination drive is not a clinical trial, any information shared is already public knowledge.
Professor Gili Regev-Yochay of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Unit at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer says it appears likely that people who receive two doses of the vaccine are neither carriers nor can infect others.
Number of fatalities and serious cases continues to rise as the national vaccine drive expands. A recent study shows lockdown measures less effective than previously assumed.
Government officials hope lockdown and vaccination campaign will allow Israel to open the economy up by late March. COVID patient at Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Center dies after ventilator's breathing tube dislodges, staff fails to notice in time.
It took nine months for the world to record the first 1 million deaths from the virus but only three months to go from 1 million to 2 million deaths, illustrating an accelerating rate of fatalities. “Our world has reached a heart-wrenching milestone,” United Nations chief Antonio Guterres says.
Health Ministry authorizes the use of antibody therapy found to be effective at lowering the risk of serious illness in coronavirus patients. According to Health Ministry data, 9,192 people tested positive for the coronavirus, Thursday, for an infection rate of 7.7%.
Starting at 6 a.m. Friday, Israelis can expect to encounter 25 checkpoints on intercity roads and dozens more within towns and cities. Violations of lockdown regulations in parks and at nature sites to be monitored from the air.
It remains unclear whether the vaccine is resistant to the new strain. Data confirms that the Pfizer vaccine slashes coronavirus infections by about one-third two weeks after the first shot. For third day, Health Ministry reports of over 9,000 new cases in Israel.
