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Israel to end ban on incoming travelers amid rapid uptick in COVID infections
The Israeli government has announced that it will end all restrictions on international travel starting on Friday.
The director-general of Israel’s Ministry of Health Nachman Ash said that all countries will be removed from the...
Israel’s COVID czar named new Health Ministry director
Israeli Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz on Monday named National Coronavirus Project Coordinator Professor Nachman Ash as the director-general of the Health Ministry.
The nomination follows the resignation of current Health Ministry chief, Prof. Hezi Levi, who is slated...
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.
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Israel’s Cabinet on Wednesday evening approved a detailed list of regulations for the country’s “tightened” COVID-19 lockdown, according to a joint statement by the Prime Minister’s Office and Israeli Health Ministry.
The stricter lockdown, which is...
Israel’s coronavirus coordinator says life will be ‘saner’ by March
With Israel on track to see an average of 2,500 new COVID-19 cases per day within 10 days, reinstating a policy of rigorous restriction was unavoidable, National Coronavirus Project Coordinator Nachman Ash told Israel Hayom on...
Israel’s coronavirus czar warns that country faces ‘state of emergency’
Israel’s National Coronavirus Project Coordinator Nachman Ash said on Tuesday that the country’s rising COVID-19 morbidity represents a “state of emergency,” adding that his office would meet to discuss “immediate steps” to be recommended...
Netanyahu: Israel in talks with Moderna to increase coronavirus vaccine supply
Israel is working to increase the number of coronavirus vaccine doses it is set to acquire from drugmaker Moderna, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, noting he had spoken with Moderna CEO...
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...