Tag: COVID-19
IDF records zero positive coronavirus cases for first time since onset of pandemic
The Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday that for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic reached Israel in March 2020, not a single soldier had tested positive for the virus.
The military credited its...
JDC responds to surge of coronavirus cases in India
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, in coordination with the Indian Jewish community and its local partner SEWA Cooperative Federation, is responding to the surge of coronavirus cases in India by deploying ventilators to...
IsraAID to provide oxygen concentrators, supplies to India in midst of COVID crisis
In response to the devastating coronavirus outbreak in India, now at the epicenter of the pandemic, IsraAID will provide urgently needed medical supplies to the beleaguered nation.
According to the World Health Organization’s weekly epidemiological...
Israeli data shows Pfizer vaccine 97 percent effective against British variant
Israeli medical data has shown that the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine is 97 percent effective against the British variant of the coronavirus, the founder of BioNTech said on Wednesday.
Dr. Ugur Sahin, the co-founder of BioNTech,...
Israel sends medical delegation to COVID-stricken Uruguay
A delegation from Israel’s Sheba Medical Center traveled to Uruguay on Monday to share the experience acquired in Israel on combating the coronavirus crisis.
Uruguay, which has a population of just 3.46 million, has recently...
Birthright Israel to resume trips for vaccinated Americans in May
Birthright Israel announced on Monday that it will resume trips to Israel beginning in May for all eligible adults from the United States who are vaccinated or fully recovered from the coronavirus.
According to Birthright,...
French magazine devotes cover story to ‘post-COVID’ Israel
Israel’s success in beating back the coronavirus pandemic continues to attract attention in international media outlets, and this weekend, the French magazine Le Parisien devoted a cover story to Israel as an example of life “after”...
Study: UK coronavirus variant 45 percent more contagious than original
The British variant of the COVID-19 virus is 45 percent more contagious than the original strain, a recent study from Tel Aviv University shows.
The researchers analyzed data from some 300,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...
‘COVID vaccine saved 6,000 Israelis’ lives’
Had Israel not embarked on its unprecedented vaccination campaign, 12,000 citizens would have lost their lives to the coronavirus, according to a model presented by pediatrician and epidemiologist Professor Eli Somech at a meeting...
How China and Russia are using ‘vaccine diplomacy’ to enhance influence in the Middle...
As countries step up their COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, the politics around vaccines has intensified. For Israel, which has become a world leader in vaccinating its own population, its reliance on Western-developed vaccines—specifically, the Pfizer-BioNTech...