High Holy Days during COVID-19: How will Israel cope?
The Tel Aviv municipality has already devised a plan with the local religious council to demarcate large outdoor prayer areas ...
Tag: COVID-19
Russia: COVID vaccine will be in use by end of 2020
Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Monday that mass vaccination of high-risk groups in the country against COVID-19 would ...
Arriving despite pandemic, 1,500 young olim set to start school
"I'm happy to be here. I'm excited to start school, but a bit afraid of the Hebrew,” Dmir Gasimov, a ...
Ahead of possible lockdown, coronavirus tests show worrying trend
Positivity rate of 5.83%, following some 33,000 tests on Wednesday, puts Israel back on a dangerous path of some 2,000 ...
Tel Aviv: Synagogues can use public spaces to help maintain COVID restrictions
Israeli health officials say that crowded synagogues pose a significant risk of promoting the transmission of coronavirus.
Anti-Netanyahu singer criticized for downplaying pandemic's seriousness
"A pandemic is when you see people dying on the street," Matti Caspi says, claiming PM is a 'dictator' for ...
Opposition in Belarus tell Lukashenko to step down after 'illegitimate' election win
Foreign observers have not judged an election to be free and fair in Belarus since 1995.
WHO warns coronavirus may bounce back
The coronavirus sweeping the world has shown no seasonal pattern and if health authorities take the pressure off fighting it, ...
As budget deadline nears, ministers engage in heated debate over coalition's fate
The special coronavirus ministerial forum devolves into shouting match as Likud spars with Blue and White over unity deal, budget. ...
PM: Gov't aims to start vaccinating all Israelis by early 2021
Touring a Jerusalem hospital with coronavirus commissioner, Netanyahu expresses hope that local development and clinical trial for vaccine will prove ...