Tag: Israeli Ministry of Health
Israeli Cabinet eases coronavirus restrictions, allowing some businesses to reopen
Israel on Sunday began easing some of the restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, making allowances for prayer quorums and allowing many businesses to reopen.
The new measures were a source...
Israel’s coronavirus death toll rises to 140; Passover curfew lifted
Israel awoke on Thursday to the lifting of a nationwide curfew imposed for the end of the Passover holiday, while the government is reportedly considering additional easing of general lockdown directives.
The national coronavirus death...
Israeli coronavirus cases near 12,000; death toll reaches 118
As of Tuesday morning, 11,868 Israelis have tested positive for coronavirus, which has so far killed 118 people in the country. According to the country’s Health Ministry, 181 patients are currently listed in serious...
Israel inks deal with Chinese firm to enable 10,000 daily coronavirus tests
Israel has signed a NIS 90 million ($25 million) deal with Chinese firm BGI to procure equipment that will allow it to increase its daily coronavirus testing capacity to at least 10,000, the country’s...
Prospect of coronavirus flare-up during Ramadan sparks health concerns
Israeli officials on Tuesday expressed concern that the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide will mark starting on April 24, will cause a flare-up of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections.
Israeli...
Netanyahu, senior officials quarantined after Israel’s health minister tests positive for coronavirus
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mossad intelligence agency chief Yossi Cohen, National Security Council head Meir Ben-Shabbat, Health Ministry director general Moshe Bar Siman-Tov, head of Public Health Services Sigal Sadetsky and head of...
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tests positive for coronavirus
Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife, Chava, have been diagnosed with coronavirus and will go into quarantine, the country’s Health Ministry confirmed on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been informed that...
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,...
As death toll rises, Israel braces for ‘5,000 patients on ventilators’
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel continues to rise, Israeli health workers are saying that the worst may have yet to come. As of Monday, there were 4,347 confirmed cases of...
Nurses in training enlisted to help with corona patients
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...