Health minister: Israel facing 'emergency situation,' next few days critical
If we 'don't do anything, reality will impose lockdown' on Israelis, Minister Yuli Edelstein says, warning petty politics could derail ...
Tag: Coronavirus
1,573 new corona cases reported as total shutdown becomes a possibility
There were 22,417 active corona cases in Israel as of Wednesday morning, with 181 patients listed in serious condition. Health ...
From mortal threat to a common cold: Has Hebrew U. scientist made a COVID breakthrough?
Professor Yaakov Nachmias publishes results of laboratory research showing that fenofibrate keeps virus from depositing lipids in lungs, which is ...
Rosh Hashanah celebrations at burial place of Rabbi Nachman cancelled
Mayor of Uman says the coronavirus crisis in both Israel and the Ukraine make annual pilgrimage a public health problem.
Layoffs in Israel up for the first time since April
Corona crisis pummels the high-tech sector, whose newly unemployed account for 7.6% of all job seekers in Israel, according to ...
The government needs to do its part, and only then issue orders
If the public does not understand what it is being asked to do, it will not live up to its ...
Palestinian Authority refuses to pick up corona aid waiting in Israel
Despite severe shortage of medical equipment and testing kits, PA leadership prefers to leave UAE shipment on the tarmac at ...
50 arrested as anti-gov't demonstration in Jerusalem turns violent
Police use water cannons and officers mounted on horses charge demonstrators to disperse several hundred people blocking the capital's light ...
'If numbers do not improve, we will have no choice but to shut down the country'
In a fraught meeting with PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein says that his ministry's recommendations cannot be effective ...
Could corona committee cause coalition crisis?
MK Yifat Shasha-Biton leads committee in vote on series of restrictions that would exempt gyms and public pools, going against ...