Tag: COVID-19
Biden COVID diagnosis could affect Netanyahu meeting
Wednesday’s announcement that U.S. President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 may force the rescheduling or cancellation of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly set for Monday.
Netanyahu is set to address a joint...
As cases mount, Israeli hospitals to test patients for COVID
Israel’s Health Ministry instructed hospitals to test new admissions for COVID-19 as figures showed a rise in the number of people testing positive for a new variant of the virus.
“In order to more accurately...
In his philanthropic matchmaking, Israel Schachter reaches to the stars
Driving an Aston Martin across a frozen Iceland lake. Meeting the pope. Golfing with a U.S. president. Sitting on stage during an Elton John concert.
These are among the experiences—all benefiting charity—that Israel Schachter, 42,...
Israel cancels mandatory quarantine for COVID-19 patients
Israelis testing positive for COVID-19 will as of Tuesday no longer be required to enter quarantine, the country’s Health Ministry announced on Sunday.
However, although quarantine is no longer mandatory, it is still recommended, according...
One in three Israeli Covid-19 patients suffer ‘long Covid’ symptoms
A study published by researchers from Israel’s Maccabi Healthcare Services HMO has found that long Covid–lingering symptoms after recovery from Covid-19–affects one in three people.
In September 2021, the researchers asked 2,755 subjects (819 who had Covid-19 one...
107 entrepreneurs apply to Israeli Tourism Ministry to establish new hotels
Israel’s Tourism Ministry said on Thursday that it had received 107 applications for grants to build new hotels, or to expand existing ones.
The ministry received 70 building permit applications, 22 building restoration applications and...
Conspiracy theories muddy the waters on needed WHO reform
Conspiracy theories cast a shadow over the 75th World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization (WHO), as hundreds of health officials and diplomats converged on Geneva last week. One of...
After two years of COVID, Israelis no longer required to wear masks indoors
Israel’s indoor mask mandate ended on Saturday evening, marking the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020 that Israelis are no longer required to wear masks in enclosed public spaces.
Announced by...
Israel to lift indoor mask mandate
Israel’s indoor mask mandate is to be lifted on April 23 at 8 p.m., pending approval by the Knesset Health Committee, Israel’s prime minister and health minister announced in a joint statement on Wednesday.
The...
Why is this Passover different from other Passovers?
Millions of Jews around the world will soon start celebrating Passover. In the Passover Haggadah, the classic text and centerpiece of the entire evening ritual known as the seder, there is a famous set...