Tag: COVID19

“In a surrealist year….some cool clown pressed an inedible mushroom button, and an inaudible Sunday bomb fell down, catching the president at his prayers on the 19th green.”–Lawrence Ferlinghetti, A Coney Island of the Mind (1958) It...

Israel’s government decided on Monday to move ahead with a plan to disburse cash grants to all citizens to help stimulate the economy amid the COVID-19 crisis, though with a number of caveats. Following a...

Israel’s national carrier El Al announced on Monday that it had agreed to a government bailout deal that will likely result in the airline’s being nationalized. According to the terms of the deal, the airline...

Israel’s national airline El Al suffered a loss of $60 million, despite rising revenue of around $614 million, according to the company’s 2019 financial results. Passengers increased by 4 percent, and operational expenses dropped in...

Iran’s parliament passed legislation to cut four zeros from the rial after a steep drop in the value of the currency, Iranian state media reported on Monday. The bill paves the way for Iran to...

The shutdown of Israel’s economy due to the coronavirus pandemic will come at a cost of up to NIS 130 billion ($36 billion), which is 10 percent of the nation’s GDP, Israel’s Finance Ministry...

The number of coronavirus cases in Israel currently stands at 15, the country’s Health Ministry confirmed on Tuesday. The patients are experiencing mild symptoms only and are under quarantine, the ministry said in a statement. More...

Twenty-six people have died so far from coronavirus in Iran, reported the Iranian news agency IRNA on Thursday. Iranian authorities have closed schools, universities and other educational centers across the country, and have restricted public...