A closely watched visit by World Health Organization experts to Wuhan, where the first COVID cases were discovered, did not dramatically change the current understanding of the early days of the global pandemic that has so far killed more than 2.3 million people worldwide.
Lockdowns and social distancing have taken their toll on the entire population, adults in particular. Israelis that have been fully immunized will no longer be required to self-quarantine if they come into contact with a coronavirus carrier.
When you lead the election polls by a two-digit gap it can be challenging to convince your supporters that every vote counts.
Government fails to reach decision on reopening schools, businesses, after Health Ministry officials warn younger people can become seriously ill and overwhelm hospitals' coronavirus wards.
Direct Polls survey predicts 31 seats for Likud, says Meretz will fail to cross the four-seat electoral threshold.
Report by the Military Intelligence task force on the coronavirus finds Israel leading Western countries like US, UK, France in number of new infections per 1 million people. Israel’s reproduction rate hovering around 1 despite five-week lockdown.
The 2020 Tokyo Games have already suffered a major setback when they were postponed over the global pandemic. With questions looming over their potential cancellation, International Olympic Committee member Alex Gilady says the final decision will be made by March.
Arab voters know campaign talk is cheap. No political party can realistically offer the Arab public an alternative without reserving a respectable spot on their Knesset slate for a member of the sector.
The first poll held after the finalization of the slates vying in the March 23 elections gives Center-Left bloc 61 seats to the Right's 48 seats. Yamina secures 11 seats and as it could team with either bloc, it may hold the power to decide the nature of the next government.
According to its staff, 29 out of 30 patients with moderate-to-severe cases of the coronavirus were administered EXO-CD24 and experienced a marked recovery in just two days.
