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Medical workers at the coronavirus unit in Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak, Israel, prepare a return to other types of procedures as cases of new infection are decreasing, April 27, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Israeli hospitals begin return to normal activity as COVID-19 numbers drop

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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,...
Medical teams at work at the new biological emergency unit dedicated to COVID-19 at Jerusalem's Shaarei Zedek Medical Center on March 31, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Israel’s COVID-19 death toll hits 208; infection rate continues to slow

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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...
Nurses from the Jerusalem College of Technology gather in an Israeli hospital for training and helping patients grapple with the coronavirus (COVID-19), April 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Jerusalem nursing students help curb spread of COVID-19 at senior residences

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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...
Magen David Adom medical team members handle a coronavirus test sample at a drive-through testing site in Tel Aviv on March 22, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

Israel’s coronavirus death toll rises to 202; infection rate continues to drop

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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...
A Magen David Adom medical team member handles a coronavirus test sample in Jerusalem, on April 17, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel’s coronavirus death toll reaches 191, with 14,592 confirmed cases

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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...
Pedestrians in Israel wear face masks, which are mandated by the Health Ministry as a preventative measure against the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, April 22, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israeli COVID-19 death toll rises to 187 as infection rate falls

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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...
Magen David Adom workers evacuate a patient outside the coronavirus (COVID-19) unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on April 20, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Israel’s coronavirus death toll rises to 181, total number of cases at 13,883

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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...
Israelis who had been stranded in South America by the coronavirus pandemic arrive at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on March 23, 2020. March 20, 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Interior Ministry: Half-a-million Israelis have flown home since start of pandemic

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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...
A medical team on duty at the new biological emergency unit dedicated to COVID-19 at Shaarei Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on March 31, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

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...
Medical teams at work at the new biological emergency unit dedicated to COVID-19 at Jerusalem's Shaarei Zedek Medical Center on March 31, 2020. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

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,...