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Dr. Haya Raz, head of the nursing school at the Jerusalem College of Technology. Credit: Courtesy.

Nurses in training enlisted to help with corona patients

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Given the anticipated shortages of hospital staff able to treat those infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Israeli Ministry of Health has asked nursing schools across the country to train their students in respiratory...
Rachel Gemara, a 32-year-old Jerusalem oncology nurse at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, saw the first fatality from the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Israel, 88-year-old Holocaust survivor Aryeh Even, take his final breaths. Credit: Courtesy.

Coronavirus death toll rises to two in Israel, both over 60

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Israel’s second victim of coronavirus—a 67-year-old woman who suffered from “a serious pre-existing medical condition”—died on Tuesday at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon. Israel’s first coronavirus fatality was 88-year-old Holocaust survivor Aryeh Even, who was living...
Arab Joint List member Ahmad Tibi speaks at party headquarters in the Arab city of Shfar'am during the third round of Israeli elections on March 2, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90. FEATURED COLUMN JONATHAN S. TOBIN A right to vote but not to dismantle the state

A right to vote but not to dismantle the state

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It seems like a devastating argument. If Israeli Jews are willing to accept life-saving treatment from Arab doctors, why won’t they give their representatives in the Knesset a seat in the country’s government? That’s the...
Workers disinfect Bar Kol Supermarket in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat as part of measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, March 16, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Israel tells people not to leave home unless ‘absolutely necessary’

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The Israeli Health Ministry announced new guidelines on Tuesday to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, including a call for all to stay at home unless it is “absolutely necessary” to go out to...
A Magen David Adom worker wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus arrives to test a patient with symptoms of the coronavirus) in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, March 17, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Israeli startup to donate 120,000 face masks to hospitals, medical personnel

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An Israeli startup will donate around 120,000 masks made with an anti-pathogen, anti-bacterial fabric it developed that could help stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), to Israeli hospitals, medical professionals and coronavirus patients, reported The...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on March 12, 2020. Photo by Alex Kolomoisky/POOL.

Israeli COVID-19 cases rise to 200; government tightens restrictions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday announced a partial shutdown of Israel’s economy with the aim of stemming the COVID-19 outbreak. According to Israel’s Health Ministry, as of Sunday, there were 200 confirmed cases...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yaakov Litzman hold a press conference on COVID-19 at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem, on March 4, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Netanyahu lays out five-point plan to combat ‘worst pandemic in 100 years’

Eight more Israelis contracted SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) over the weekend, bringing the total number to 25, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared it the worst pandemic in 100 years. Israel’s Health Ministry reported that patients...
Safra Children Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. Credit: David Shay via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center ranked among world’s top 10 best hospitals

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Newsweek ranked Israel’s Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer as the world’s ninth best hospital for 2020, moving up one spot from last year’s list. The weekly magazine noted the hospital’s breakthrough research in cardiology, gynecology, genetics and...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem, on March 4, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Israel steps up measures against coronavirus, adds EU countries to quarantine list

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Israel’s Health Ministry on Wednesday greatly expanded its measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, adding arrivals from France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Austria to its quarantine list. Under the new directives, tens of...
Nurses at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on Feb. 19, 2014. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Rivlin honors Israeli nurses on International Nurses Day

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In honor of International Nurses Day, celebrated around the world on May 12, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin invited nurses and representatives from Israel’s Health Ministry to be honored at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. The large...