Tag: Israeli Ministry of Health
Retail stores in Israel start to open, despite government coronavirus restrictions
Some large retail merchandise chains and small shops in Israel are defying the government restrictions and opening their doors in protest against the government’s lockdown, which, like so many other nations worldwide, has been...
Rise in new Israeli COVID-19 cases sparks concern
The Israel Defense Forces’ coronavirus task force warned on Monday that the rise in COVID-19 morbidity over the past few days could indicate that the downward trend observed over the course of the past...
Clinical trials of Israeli coronavirus vaccine underway
The first Israeli SARS-CoV-2 vaccine was administered at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan on Sunday to the first volunteer in a clinical trial.
The vaccine, called “BriLife,” was developed by the...
Israel extends COVID-19 state of emergency until Jan. 3
The Israeli Cabinet on Thursday approved the extension of the COVID-19-spurred state of emergency by 60 days, from Nov. 5 until Jan. 3, 2021.
The measure was approved via conference call and will take effect...
The many challenges facing Israel’s incoming coronavirus chief Nachman Ash
The main challenge facing Israel’s newly appointed National Coronavirus Project Coordinator Nachman Ash is not the pandemic itself, but politics, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday.
Ash will have to finish the process of leading Israel out...
Israeli Health Ministry calls for teachers to take COVID-19 tests before schools reopen
As Israel prepares to send first- to fourth-grade children back to the classroom, the country’s Health Ministry is calling for some 60,000 public-school teachers nationwide to be tested for COVID-19.
The testing will be carried...
Netanyahu: Despite ‘major success’ of lockdown, exit must be gradual
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened Thursday’s coronavirus Cabinet meeting by lauding what he called the “major success” of the nationwide lockdown, according to a statement released by his office.
“We are seeing a decline...
Israeli Health Ministry: More than half of elderly COVID patients are ultra-Orthodox
Although the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Israel has dropped over the course of the country’s second lockdown, a Health Ministry team charged with outreach to the insular haredi community reported on Tuesday that more...
Slow and steady: Israeli Health Ministry rolls out lockdown exit strategy
The Israeli Health Ministry released its COVID-19 lockdown exit strategy late Saturday night, detailing a gradual lifting of the measures limiting economic and public activity over four months.
According to Channel 12 News, if morbidity data...
Israeli Health Ministry publishes results of nationwide COVID-19 serological survey
According to a nationwide serological survey conducted by the Israeli Health Ministry, SARS-CoV-2 antibodies are present in only 5.5 percent of the country’s population, far from the number required for “herd immunity” from the...