Tensions are high in Iran as the supreme leader's ban on foreign vaccines severely curtails the republic's ability to purchase doses. Meanwhile, the well-to-do buy Pfizer and Moderna shots on the black market for as much as $1,350.
Daily caseload tops 5,755 with 400 patients in serious condition, Health Ministry says. Housing Minister Ze'ev Elkin says that unless the infection rate is curbed, lockdown could be imminent.
If the coronavirus is tamed by then, the Paris Games could quickly become the party games. Already, there is palpable pent-up eagerness among athletes to make up for Tokyo and its disappointments.
The police will focus their efforts on cities with high infection rates, including Hadera, Rehovot, Ashkelon, Kiryat Gat, Ashdod, and Yavne.
A total of 6,275 new cases of the coronavirus were diagnosed across Israel on Monday, up from 3,421 a day earlier. The percentage of tests coming back positive also rose, rising from 3.9% on Sunday to 4.84% Monday. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raises its COVID-19 travel alert level for Israel to the highest risk warning.
"We are not guilty of anything – this is a matter of the judges. I feel sorry for Linoy – she did nothing wrong. Don't harass her," Olympian Dina Averina says of controversy over the scoring in Tokyo
Being the hardest-hit nation in the Middle East, Iran reports a staggering 94,603 coronavirus deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic.
France will host next games, a century after its Olympics arrived in country. The International Olympic Committee gives itself more power to remove a sport from the Olympic program.
Hundreds of Russians harrass Israeli Olympic gymnast after she posts a video of her celebrating her win online. Legendary Romanian gold medalist Nadia Comaneci praises Ashram: "Congratulations. You made history," she says.
Meanwhile, 1.9 million students to take a rapid coronavirus test, 48 hours before the start of the school year, according to new plan approved by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
