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A Tuesday morning update by the Health Ministry brought the number of coronavirus infections diagnosed the previous day to of 1,688, making Monday’s figure the highest seen in any 24-hour…
Looking ahead to the chagim in Tishrei, the Health Ministry is leaning toward a reinstatement of the closure it placed for Pesach of this year, Yisrael Hayom reported. While senior…
The unemployment picture in Israel is better than recent surveys show, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday. The number of employees on unpaid leave, dropped precipitously from…
The Knesset Coronavirus Committee chairwoman Yifat Shasha-Biton will pay a price for defying her Likud party leadership by deciding to re-open swimming pools and gyms on Monday. Coalition whip MK…
The government approved Monday the economic plan submitted by Finance Minister Yisrael Katz to deal with the coronavirus crisis. The ministers approved a draft law that encompasses several issues in…
The Knesset’s Cororonavirus Committee voted Monday to reopen public pools and gyms that the Cabinet shuttered last week in an effort to curb the spread of the pandemic. The decision…
1,221 new coronavirus patients have been diagnosed over the last day, according to data released by the Health Ministry Monday afternoon. There are currently 20,251 active coronavirus cases in Israel.…
The United States was grappling with the worst coronavirus outbreak in the world on Monday, as Florida shattered the national record for a state’s largest single-day increase in new confirmed…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu held meetings with the MKs and ministers of Shas and UTJ on Monday morning over the coronavirus restrictions in chareidi cities and neighborhoods. The meetings were also…
Infrastructure and Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud) called Monday on the government to impose a new nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus, which has been spreading in…
Today, my wife returned from a visit with a friend. “She won’t wear a mask. She said it’s too uncomfortable.” Had I been there, I would have said, as I…
The government has postponed until Monday a contentious decision on whether or not to re-open swimming pools and gyms, even as the coronavirus continues to rage throughout the country. The…
A new list of exemptions from the ban on non-Israelis entering the country during the coronavirus pandemic have been obtained from the Israeli Ministry of the Interior, allowing additional relatives…
Data gathered by the Central Bureau of Statistics confirms that a large swathe of Israeli society has been staggered by the economic impact of the pandemic and worries about making…
The government and the Knesset were at odds on Sunday over whether or not it is safe to re-open swimming pools and gyms while COVID-19 figures continue to be very…
As coronavirus rages out of control in other parts of the U.S., New York is offering an example after taming the nation’s deadliest outbreak this spring — while also trying…
Israel is running low on supplies of Remdesivir, a drug which has impressed medical professionals with its performance in the treatment of COVID-19 cases, The Times of Israel reported on…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos kept up the administration’s push to reopen U.S. schools in the fall on Sunday, but failed to embrace any blueprint – including federal health guidelines –…
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein filed a complaint against a doctor at the of Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva who called on protesters coming to the anti-government mass rally in…
At the Cabinet meeting Sunday, Interior Minister Rabbi Aryeh Deri asked for clear guidelines to be provided prior to the enforcement of lockdown on any given city. Rabbi Deri said…