Tag: COVID-19
Netanyahu, Rivlin wish speedy recovery to Trumps after COVID-19 diagnosis
Top Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin, joined the chorus of world leaders who are wishing U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump a speedy recovery after...
Israel, Nepal sign agricultural cooperation agreement
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement between the Israeli Agency for International Development and Cooperation and the Nepalese Agriculture Ministry, seeking to bolster cooperation in the field.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry...
Shin Bet to continue COVID phone surveillance for additional 21 days
Israel’s Ministerial Committee on Intelligence Services on Wednesday extended the mandate given to the Shin Bet to trace the mobile phones of coronavirus patients as part of the epidemiological investigations held by the Health...
Israeli Health Ministry instructs hospitals to prepare 1,500 new beds for COVID patients
Some 4,953 Israelis tested positive for the coronavirus since Tuesday, bringing the country’s overall tally since the start of the pandemic to 239,806 cases, the Health Ministry stated, adding that on average, 15 percent...
Knesset passes law curtailing protests during COVID-19 lockdown
Following a heated all-night parliamentary session, Israel’s Knesset on Wednesday passed a law limiting public protests during the national COVID-19 lockdown.
Under the law, Israelis are barred from attending demonstrations more than .6 miles from...
A safe Sukkot, at home and outside
Sukkot, the joyous Jewish Thanksgiving, was originally an agricultural holiday, a time of gathering a bountiful harvest. The sukkah itself—the primary symbol of the holiday—is a reminder of hastily built shelters the Jews endured in their...
Israeli Treasury: Lockdown will cost $3.4 billion, not $5.7 billion as projected
Israel’s Finance Ministry on Tuesday issued an updated projection for the economic impact of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown currently in effect, from NIS 20 billion ($5.7 billion) down to about NIS 12 billion ($3.4...
In a first, Israel surpasses US in daily COVID mortality relative to population
Israel’s daily tally of coronavirus deaths per million people surpassed that of the United States on Tuesday for the first time since the onset of the global pandemic.
According to a report by a task...
Israeli brace for stringent holiday lockdown as daily tally of corona cases exceeds 7,500
Israelis braced for a strict nationwide lockdown imposed by the government on Friday in an attempt to curb the coronavirus pandemic from spiraling further out of control.
The Health Ministry said that between Thursday and...
Chassidic singer to help raise awareness of COVID-19 in religious communities
Trump administration has recruited a Chassidic singer to help raise awareness about the coronavirus in Orthodox Jewish communities in New York City and its surrounding areas amid a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases.
In a...