Monthly Archives: April 2020
Netanyahu, senior officials quarantined after Israel’s health minister tests positive for coronavirus
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mossad intelligence agency chief Yossi Cohen, National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat, Health Ministry director general Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, head of Public Health Services Sigal Sadetsky and head of...
Medical device company’s Israel division to provide ventilator blueprints for free
The Israel division of the medical-device company Medtronic will provide the blueprints for its ventilators to companies seeking to manufacture them, free of charge.
Medtronic’s Israel division CEO Yaron Yitzhari made the announcement to Arutz Sheva on Wednesday.
“Our goal...
Jewish Agency announces emergency fund for nonprofits hit hard by coronavirus
The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Ogen–Social Loan Fund, a not-for-profit lending fund, are launching an emergency fund for nonprofits to assist organizations suffering financially from the coronavirus crisis, the organizations said in...
Hospitals: Patients afraid of coronavirus are skipping treatment and dying
Fear of contracting coronavirus is causing many Israelis to avoid seeking medical treatment, which is resulting in preventable deaths, according to the country’s hospitals.
At Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, a man died of...
FDA approves chloroquine for emergency COVID-19 trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved the use of chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine for emergency treatment of COVID-19 patients, despite a lack of clinical data on their efficacy.
According to financial daily Globes,...
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tests positive for coronavirus
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife, Chava, have been diagnosed with coronavirus and will go into quarantine, the country’s Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been informed that...
Mix-up leads to wrong corona funeral in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Moshe Grunwald lived a full and long life. A scion of the Pupa Chassidic dynasty, he survived Auschwitz and the Nazi death marches, rebuilding his family and his life in America.
A longtime resident of Brooklyn,...
Israeli public broadcaster KAN makes news accessible to people with disabilities
The digital department of Israeli public broadcaster KAN has expanded its accessibility services, making the news broadcast more user-friendly for people with disabilities.
Starting on Monday, the 8 p.m. main edition has been made accessible...
White supremacist disrupts webinar for Jewish teens featuring deputy anti-Semitism envoy
A webinar on the video conferencing platform Zoom about anti-Semitism last week, featuring U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Ellie Cohanim, was disrupted by a white supremacist and hacker—an example of...
Arabs riot in Jaffa after resident arrested for violating quarantine regulations
Arab residents of Jaffa rioted on Wednesday, burning tires and dumpsters because the police were enforcing nationwide quarantine restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
During a patrol of the Ajami neighborhood, police saw two...