Tag: Israeli Ministry of Health
Some 200,000 Israelis have had COVID-19, new study shows
According to a new study by Tel Aviv University in conjunction with Magen David Adom and the Israeli Health Ministry’s Center for Disease Control, some 2.5 percent of Israel’s population, or some 200,000 people,...
Health Ministry: Israel to keep borders closed until July
Israel will keep its borders closed to non-citizens until at least July 1, according to Israeli Health Ministry deputy director-general Itamar Grotto.
“We are still in the stage of preparing to reopen Ben-Gurion airport. We...
Thousands of Israeli students quarantined after COVID-19 cases found in schools
Multiple schools have been closed in Israel and thousands of students sent into quarantine after multiple students and staff members at schools in Jerusalem, Beersheva and Hadera tested positive for coronavirus.
In Hadera, a high...
Israel’s train system to return to full service on June 8
Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein agreed on Sunday to return Israel’s train system to full service on June 8 and increase the passenger limit for buses, as part of...
Israel lifts some coronavirus mask restrictions amid extreme heatwave
Israel’s Health Ministry on Tuesday temporarily lifted the requirement to wear protective masks in schools and open spaces due to an extreme heatwave in the country.
According to the Health Ministry, the exemption, which will...
No new coronavirus cases or deaths reported in Israel in a 12-hour period
For the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, Israel on Monday morning reported no new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths from the disease over the previous...
Edelstein appointed to Health Ministry, Levin tapped as new Knesset speaker
Yuli Edelstein, most recently Speaker of the Knesset, accepted an offer on Tuesday from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to become the nation’s next health minister.
In a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Israeli Health Ministry top official resigns as coronavirus emergency subsides
Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov resigned on Tuesday after managing Israel’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
“I notified today to the prime minister and the health minister that I decided to resign...
Israeli preschools, kindergartens to resume limited operation
Parents across Israel are preparing to send their toddlers back to government-supervised day-care facilities next week, after health officials deemed it sufficiently safe and financial compensation packages were reached between the government and daycare...
Israel gears up for mass coronavirus antibody testing, says top health official
A top Israeli health official said on Tuesday that the government is about to launch a campaign to test the population for coronavirus antibodies.
Israeli Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov told The New York Times that 100,000...