Tag: Coronavirus
Israel’s coronavirus cabinet approves new ‘traffic light’ plan to curb pandemic
Israel’s ministerial coronavirus cabinet on Sunday approved a new plan to tackle the pandemic.
Crafted by Coronavirus Project Coordinator Ronni Gamzu, the “traffic light” plan, which imposes COVID-19 restrictions on different areas based on their...
Gaza lockdown extended by 72 hours amid rise in COVID-19 cases
Hamas on Thursday extended the lockdown in the Gaza Strip for an additional three days, after two deaths and 26 new COVID-19 cases were recorded outside border quarantine facilities.
Earlier this week, a Hamas spokesman confirmed four...
Israel’s COVID-19 task force director apologizes for asking Ukraine to ban Uman visits
Israel’s national coronavirus project coordinator Ronni Gamzu apologized on Thursday for bypassing the country’s political echelon and directly contacting Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to ask that he bar Chassidic pilgrims from visiting the city...
A bumpy approach to start of school year in Israel on Sept. 1
Israel’s Minister of Education Yoav Galant, along with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu announced on Sunday that the school year will start on Sept. 1—on schedule for Israel’s 2.4...
Israeli health minister urges public to refrain from High Holiday gatherings
Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein on Wednesday urged the public to refrain from large family gatherings during the upcoming High Holidays, which begin on Sept. 18.
During a press briefing at the inauguration ceremony of the ministry’s...
IDF continues retaliatory strikes on Hamas as Gaza enters COVID-19 lockdown
The Israeli Defense Forces struck Hamas installations in Gaza, following another day of cross-border arson attacks from the Hamas-ruled enclave, the IDF said in a statement on Tuesday.
According to the statement, IDF jets and...
Israeli, UAE health ministers discuss COVID-19 cooperation
Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and his United Arab Emirates counterpart, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais, spoke by phone on Monday and agreed on cooperation between their two countries with regard to the coronavirus...
Greater efforts needed to battle ‘perfect storm’ of anti-Semitism, insist Jewish leaders
The pandemic, coupled with the rise of anti-Semitism and the ease of social media to delegitimize Jewish pride and Israel, is creating a perfect storm that the Jewish community must battle, say leaders.
“We are...
Remembering the Jewish lives lost to COVID-19
Reality dawned slowly, painfully. In mid-March, it suddenly became clear that the novel coronavirus that first ravaged China, and then parts of Europe, was becoming a global pandemic. Five months later, the death toll...
Israeli Health Ministry orders investigation into under-counting of COVID-19 deaths
Israel’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday that it had probably undercounted—by as many as 53 people—the fatalities among nursing-home residents due to the coronavirus in July and August.
An explanation for the discrepancy, according to...