Tag: Israel Health Care
Israeli hospitals begin return to normal activity as COVID-19 numbers drop
Israel’s coronavirus death toll has reached 219 after 12 more people died of COVID-19 since Wednesday night, Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Thursday. But the downward trend in the rate of new infections continues,...
Israel’s COVID-19 death toll hits 208; infection rate continues to slow
Four more Israelis died of COVID-19 late Monday and early Tuesday, bringing Israel’s death toll to 208, according to the Israeli Health Ministry. As of Tuesday, there have been 15,589 confirmed cases of infection...
Jerusalem nursing students help curb spread of COVID-19 at senior residences
In partnership with Israel’s Ministry of Health, Home Front Command and Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), more than 30 nursing students from the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) have begun working in nursing homes across...
Israel’s coronavirus death toll rises to 202; infection rate continues to drop
Israel’s coronavirus death toll reached 202 on Monday, while the number of confirmed cases hit 15,466, according to the Israeli Health Ministry.
Although the number of fatalities continues to rise, the recovery rate in Israel...
Israel’s coronavirus death toll reaches 191, with 14,592 confirmed cases
Israel’s coronavirus death toll currently stands at 191, the country’s Health Ministry reported on Thursday, with 14,592 confirmed cases of infection since the start of the pandemic.
There are currently 136 COVID-19 patients in critical...
Israeli COVID-19 death toll rises to 187 as infection rate falls
An additional three Israelis succumbed to COVID-19 overnight on Tuesday, bringing the national death toll from the coronavirus pandemic to 187, Israel’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday.
The ministry also reported a spike in the...
Israel’s coronavirus death toll rises to 181, total number of cases at 13,883
Israel’s COVID-19 death toll rose to 181 on Tuesday, after four more people succumbed to the disease overnight Monday and on Tuesday morning.
Among the four fatalities was Aharon Turchin, a 48-year-old father of 14...
Interior Ministry: Half-a-million Israelis have flown home since start of pandemic
Since the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some 500,000 Israelis have returned home from abroad, according to the country’s Interior Ministry.
Approximately 15 percent returned after an “extended stay” abroad, the business daily Globes reported on...
Hospitals: Patients afraid of coronavirus are skipping treatment and dying
Fear of contracting coronavirus is causing many Israelis to avoid seeking medical treatment, which is resulting in preventable deaths, according to the country’s hospitals.
At Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv, a man died of...
Israel sees 18th coronavirus fatality; total cases approach 5,000
The number of coronavirus fatalities in Israel rose to 18 on Tuesday, after two female patients, both of whom suffered from prior medical issues, succumbed to the illness.
According to a Sheba Medical Center spokesman,...