Tag: Corona
Slow and steady: Israeli Health Ministry rolls out lockdown exit strategy
The Israeli Health Ministry released its COVID-19 lockdown exit strategy late Saturday night, detailing a gradual lifting of the measures limiting economic and public activity over four months.
According to Channel 12 News, if morbidity data...
Israeli hospital reports successful trials for saliva-based coronavirus test
An Israeli hospital’s innovation center has announced a 95 percent success rate in clinical trials for a new saliva-based coronavirus test that provides nearly instant results.
“After testing hundreds of patients under laboratory conditions, we...
Finding the spirit of Jewish unity during the corona crisis
After managing to slow the onset of COVID-19, Israel is now beginning to record thousands of new cases on a daily basis. While Efrat, a small community mostly made up of former Americans, was...
Israel works to fly thousands of Israelis home during shutdowns
The 3,000 Israelis who had traveled to India to take a temporary break from the whirlwind of life found themselves dealing very much with the reality of it as the coronavirus spread around the...