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Al eileh ani bochiyah. As the plague of COVID-19 sweeps across the world, there are many in our community who have fallen in its path. As we join the families…
A total of 783 people died from coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a sign that the death rate across New York state is starting to plateau, Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
They disinfect hospital corridors with ultraviolet light to eliminate traces of the novel coronavirus. They help nurses manage routine tasks so they can spend more time with sick patients. They…
The city’s Department of Health has begun administering a limited number of antibody tests to determine whether an individual has contracted COVID-19, Health Commissioner Allison Arwady reported Saturday morning. The so-called…
President Donald Trump’s top adviser on coronavirus testing said that by May the U.S. will be in the “ballpark” of the diagnostic capacity it needs, should the president decide to…
Israel
The special ministerial committee on coronavirus approved late Motzoei Shabbos a decision creating “restricted zones” in Yerushalayim beginning at noon on Sunday until Wednesday night, Motzoei Yom Tov. The areas are…
Even as coronavirus deaths mount in Israel, authorities are starting to contemplate an exit strategy and thinking about a staggered and carefully calibrated easing of restrictions designed to curb the…
Israeli citizens abroad will be allowed to return to Israel after Transportation Minister Betzalel Smotrich convened an urgent Cabinet consultation on Motzoei Shabbos, in response to instructions issued by Prime…
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We are saddened to inform you of the petirah of Morah Rochel (Felice) Blau, a”h, the beloved longtime Menaheles of Bais Yaakov Academy elementary school, who passed away on the first night of…
Among the many trying challenges we face in these dire times is the sorrow of disconnection from one another, added to the deeper one of personal loss, as we accompany…
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The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy’s for the highest in the world at over 20,000, as Chicago and other cities across the Midwest braced for a potential…
Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has submitted a letter of resignation to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, according to an official who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss…
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Britain’s COVID-19 death toll neared 10,000 on Saturday after health officials reported another 917 hospital deaths, while one senior minister said Prime Minister Boris Johnson will need time off as…
Spain is recording again a rise of daily coronavirus infections and deaths for the first time in five days, a result consistent with previous Tuesdays when a weekend backlog of…
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