Some 113 new cases were diagnosed Monday compared to a daily average of 200 last week, Health Ministry says number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 15,589, death toll at 208. So far, 7,375 Israelis have recovered from the virus.
A London author ponders with criticism about the present, but also yearns for the past.
A New York author is concerned over the ongoing chaos.
Nurse Susie Levy, 66, who spent over 40 years in the health care field, remembered as a model of "professionalism and devotion." Number of new corona cases nationwide notches up to 15,466, while number of patients on ventilators drops to 96.
New lab technology allows up to 16 tests to be evaluated at once, allowing for vital progress in tracking and isolating virus carriers.
While officials have defended the practice as a life-saving measure, civil rights groups attacked it as an assault on privacy rights.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to begin discussions on Monday about the gradual reopening of schools, lifting the heavy burden on many parents.
"Decisions need to be made according to statistics, not according to whims; the raw figures pertaining to the coronavirus aren’t accessible to professionals," Prof. Hagai Levine tells colleagues in a meeting of medical association heads.
The true number of fatalities is expected to be higher as many countries have not included deaths recorded in nursing homes and other locations outside hospitals.
A Berlin author attends her grandmother's funeral and teaches her daughter a lesson in rule-breaking.
