The coronavirus cabinet is expected to debate the possibility of expanding the groups eligible for a third COVID vaccine. Experts say Delta variant "spreads like wildfire" as doctors study whether it makes patients sicker.
Standoff between runner Krystsina Tsimanouskaya and Belarus authorities began when Tsimanouskaya criticized the management of her team, prompting state-run media to crack down on her.
With over 28,000 Israelis aged 60 and over receiving third COVID vaccine dose, Bennett calls for fivefold increase in vaccination pace. Goal is "ambitious yet possible," PM says. Infection rate nears 3% as 2,114 test positive for virus.
UK variant, stricter criteria for hospitalization resulted in one in every five coronavirus patients dying from the disease in the third wave of the pandemic, Health Ministry data shows.
Manager Eric Holtz, a former assistant coach at Manhattanville and Westchester Community College, was a player-coach in Dan Duquette’s Israel Baseball League in 2007.
As Israel's infection rate hits 3.17%, Health Ministry Director-General Ash advises Israelis against performing serological test to gauge their antibody levels before deciding whether to get booster shot. This could cause confusion, he says.
This is only the second Olympic gold medal in the Jewish state's history, following windsurfer Gal Friedman’s win in the 2004 Athens Games.
Israel on Monday will face the winner of a game later on Sunday between South Korea and the Dominican Republic.
Week of losing to inferior rivals upended as Israeli judokas rise to the occasion in the first-ever mixed team event held for judo in the Games. Victory brings Israel's overall tally of Olympic medals to 11.
"The coronavirus is deadly and dangerous, but thanks to this, we will be able to lead normal lives," president says. Number of seriously ill COVID patients doubles in a week, hits 167, with 26 on ventilators.