Tag: COVID-19
Israeli education minister: Schools to open, but with restrictions
Israeli Education Minister Yoav Galant announced on Wednesday that the new school year will open on Sept. 1 as usual, but with restrictions in place to stem the spread of coronavirus.
Galant told reporters that...
MDA launches pilot program for 15-minute COVID-19 test
A Magen David Adom pilot program for a 15-minute coronavirus test was launched in the central Israeli city of Lod on Wednesday with Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kisch...
Agencies grapple with food security in the Jewish state, as they also cultivate new...
In early July, Knesset member Tzachi Hanegbi maintained on Israel’s Channel 12 news that those who claim to have reached the point of starvation because of economic struggles during the coronavirus outbreak are speaking “nonsense.”
Israel, like...
‘Hebron is the Wuhan of Palestine’
The coronavirus situation in the Palestinian Authority is far worse than is being reported by the Palestinian media, according to Al-Ayyam columnist Abd al-Nasser al-Najjar.
In a July 11 column, Al-Najjar called the P.A. negligent for its...
Netanyahu said to be furious at Gantz for blocking COVID-19 restrictions
Israel’s Likud and Blue and White parties traded barbs following a meeting of top officials on Tuesday, each blaming the other of playing politics instead of focusing on the coronavirus pandemic.
“The irresponsibility of Blue...
Edelstein: Israel will likely have to initiate a full lockdown next week
In a tense meeting of top officials on Tuesday, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said that unless the country’s COVID-19 numbers don’t change within the next three days, “there would be no option but...
Israeli Cabinet approves $7 billion ‘Safety Net’ economic rescue program
Israel’s Cabinet on Monday approved the remaining elements of the “Safety Net 2020-2021” rescue plan for the country’s struggling economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Cabinet approved a draft law for several...
COVID-19 and the Jewish elderly: Report from Miami, Pittsburgh and New York
As America’s battle with the novel coronavirus has raged America’s Jewish community has suffered its share of losses, particularly early on when COVID-19 swept through the boroughs of New York City and Upstate New...
Israel’s COVID-19 cases surge past 41,000, with 1,681 in the past 24 hours
Israel saw 1,681 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s total since the onset of the pandemic to 41,235, according to the Israeli Health Ministry. Of the active cases, 177...
Grappling with COVID cases, Israel’s nurses threaten strike over staff shortages
The Israel Nurses Association (INA) threatened a general strike on Sunday over what it claims are worsening work conditions caused by the coronavirus crisis.
“We are collapsing,” INA head Ilana Cohen wrote in a letter...