Tag: Israeli Ministry of Health
Israeli schools resume full activity
Israel’s education system resumed full activity on Sunday, following a government decision based on low coronavirus transmission rates.
Grades one through 12 returned to in-school learning at full capacity, with no restriction on movement between...
Senior Israeli health official says virus is ‘dying out,’ credits vaccine
The head of Public Health at Israel’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the COVID-19 virus was “dying out” in the country, albeit slowly.
Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, the head of Public Health at Israel’s Health...
Israeli Health Minister: More than half the population fully vaccinated
More than half of Israel’s citizens have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Thursday.
“We have crossed the 50 percent threshold of all Israeli citizens who are vaccinated...
Israel’s High Court rules travel restrictions unconstitutional
Israel’s High Court of Justice excoriated the government on Wednesday over its handling of air travel during the coronavirus pandemic, ruling that the restrictions it imposed on entering and exiting the country were unconstitutional.
In...
Knesset Finance Committee approves $600 million more to battle pandemic
The Knesset Finance Committee has approved the allocation of 2 billion shekels ($600 million) to Israel’s Health Ministry to help it deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee announced on Tuesday.
The money is to...
Israel’s health minister says 90 percent of those over 50 ‘vaccinated or recovered’
Ninety percent of Israelis over the age of 50 have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19, said Israeli health minister Yuli Edelstein on Wednesday.
Seventy-five percent are eligible for a “Green Pass,” noted Edelstein,...
Israel’s climbing R rate clouds plans to reopen economy
Israel’s Health Ministry on Monday reported that the COVID-19 virus’s reproduction rate had risen back to one. The increasing transmission rate calls into question government plans to gradually reopen the economy following the country’s...
Israeli Health Ministry launches vaccination drive for Masa participants
Recent efforts by the Masa Israel Journey organization and the Jewish Agency to petition Israel’s Health Ministry came to fruition on Wednesday with the launch of a vaccination program for Masa participants currently residing...
Israeli Health Ministry: Pfizer vaccine close to 99 percent effective
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is close to 99 percent effective in preventing death, hospitalization and severe cases of the disease, according to data released on Saturday by the Israeli Health Ministry.
The study compared those...
Israeli government flies 6-year-old boy from Ethiopia for cardiac treatment
The Israeli NGO Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), along with the medical team at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, has provided life-saving treatment to thousands of children from around the world in the...