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By Israel Hayom
The Muslim Waqf makes sure worshippers wear masks and maintain social distancing, but on Friday the weekly prayers turned into a crowded demonstration against French President Emmanuel Macron.
By Steve
The Ministry of Health updated Tuesday that it recorded 780 new Corona cases in the past 24 hours.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jewish leaders and groups, specifically the ultra-Orthodox community, have sharply criticized the two leaders for their enforcement of coronavirus restrictions amid a spike in cases.
Carr: New York’s governor and mayor could have handled the situation far better with communities wanting to “worship and attend funerals.”
By Israel Hayom
The ultra-Orthodox comprise about 12 percent of Israel’s general population and only a fraction of the population aged 65 and over.
People have been convinced to stop following the Covid safety guidelines. This has resulted in many people getting sick and even dying and I hold this group accountable for their deaths!
There are good reasons to worry about a spike in infections in haredi enclaves, but the double standards used to justify new lockdowns undermine faith in government.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Coronavirus antibodies were found in 5.5 percent of the population—far short of the figure required for “herd immunity,” according to the ministry.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Shulem Lemmer will be interviewing U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir to gain more information to pass on to areas in New York that are seeing a rise in cases.
Litzman said that it was a mistake to have pushed off the Coronavirus lockdown for so long, and Gamzu's plan all along was to shut down the shuls on the High Holidays.
According to the scientist's calculations, Israel needs 1.16 million people with antibodies in order to achieve herd immunity and it is very close to that number.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel partially reopened its skies this week, with visitors from “green countries” exempt from quarantine upon arrival.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israelis can fly to Greece, Bulgaria and Croatia, but must be tested for COVID-19 before flying and remain in quarantine upon arrival until receiving the results.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The first three patients who recovered as part of the clinical study demonstrated a rapid clinical benefit and have been discharged home from the hospital.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Tourism Minister Asaf Zamir called the move “important news for the aviation sector and all Israelis.”
An exasperated Naftali Bennett expressed his shock at how the new unity government has failed to taken obvious steps in helping the citizens during the second wave.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
“This is the first vial of the vaccine; since last Thursday, we have a vaccine.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The four tech systems being tested are the Corona voice test, breathalyzer test based on terahertz waves, isothermal test, and polyamine acids test.
A parliamentary assistant to a Likud Member of Knesset (MK) reported having Coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The plan includes significantly increasing the number of tests, cutting the infection chains with the new IDF apparatus, transparency with the public in order to re-create trust, classifying local authorities by color according to Corona data, and releasing restrictions in places where the data is positive.
Using the real-world data and Israeli cohort of 782 COVID-19 positive patients and 7,807 COVID-19 negative patients, the groups identified that low plasma vitamin D level appears to be an independent risk factor for COVID-19 infection and hospitalization.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We will continue to move the wheels of the economy in order to put people back to work,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Barkat thinks the plan could bring 100,000 workers back to the job market within two years.
The revolutionary device that uses light waves to analyze molecular content of the biological samples.
Health care workers take test samples from Israelis to check if they have been infected with the Coronavirus.
"Just because triage is correct under some circumstances does not mean that it is correct under all circumstances."
The program pairs psychologists and therapists who are part of the PCRU in Israel with frontline workers in the US for a completely anonymous and free session.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Some 760 nurses are in quarantine following to their possible exposure to COVID-19 carriers.
Covid-19 has created a “new and unique wave of anti-Semitism around the world: the Jews, Zionists or the State of Israel are to blame for the pandemic and stand to gain from it.”
By Eli Beer
I didn’t know it at the time, but I was suffering from something called ICU Delerium.
Following the sharp rise in the number of cases in the PA, the PA announced the return to a total lockdown throughout the areas under its control .
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The ban on foreigners arriving at Ben-Gurion International Airport—and requirement for Israelis returning from abroad to self-quarantine for 14 days—was scheduled to expire on July 1• Meanwhile, many airlines have resumed flights to and from Tel Aviv.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Although Israel and the UAE don’t have formal diplomatic relations, the two nations have grown closer amid the Iranian threat.
Two months ago, Hadassah Medical Center started collecting plasma rich with antibodies from recovered Coronavirus patients, with the aim of producing a treatment for severely ill patients.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is “accelerating” the process, but at 25 percent capacity and only in areas that have entered “phase 2” of the state’s reopening from the coronavirus shutdown.
Switzerland, Germany and Israel now rank in the top three positions.
MKs Matanes Shahadeh, Hiba Yazbak, Aida Toma Suleiman and Ayman Odeh as well as 2 faction directors and 4 guests who visited Abu Shahade’s office were also required to enter into home quarantine.
By Eliana Rudee
Through online dialogue, meetings and webinars, Israelis share their innovative projects that can provide individuals and communities with ideas as they work to adapt to the coronavirus crisis in the short and long term.
I cannot stand with those people who are posting – all over social media – that Jews need to “leave America NOW, before it’s too late!”
There has been concern that the government reopened the schools too soon due to public pressure.
Residents of the neighborhood have been asked to stay home, while people in direct contact with the family have to go into isolation.
The device could be a game-changer in the next step towards reopening shuls on Shabbat.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Only five new patients were registered in the past day.
Business listings during the Coronavirus crisis.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Strict coronavirus regulations prevent public events to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day this year, leading organizers to find new ways to continue the traditions and educational efforts associated with it.
It's not yet a trend, but it is a distinct break in the pattern to date.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The machine was brought from an unnamed Muslim country through Jordan.
A parking lot was turned into a 22-station field hospital, while 2 departments have been converted into Coronavirus units.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The shortage is due to the closure of many kosher slaughterhouses, as well as the outlawing of “shechita” (kosher ritual slaughtering) in certain parts of Europe.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Antibody levels will be studied by medical professionals from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Orthodox Rabbi Kenneth Brander, the dean of the Israel’s Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions, said while cremation is normally considered a “desecration” in Judaism, if it helps save a life during this time it would be “a mitzvah that the deceased is doing posthumously.”
The Chinese wet markets have reopened, bats and other animals are again being sold for food.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Infections in Bnei Brak are increasing eightfold every three days, compared to the twofold national average.
By Josh Wander
When asked what should the Jewish response be to Coronavirus, Rav Binyamin Elyashiv performed a Goral HaGra, and the response he received...
Coronavirus or not, Pesach is coming and people need Matza to eat.
Johnson said his Covid-19 symptoms are mild.
The equipment, which was donated by the World Health Organization (WHO), was transferred on Wednesday from Jordan into the PA via the IDF.
Iran's official Coronavirus death toll is over 725, with some 14,000 people having tested positive. Unofficially...
This is an unprecedented American-Jewish leadership response to the spread of Coronavirus by the Bergen County Jewish leadership.
Palestinian Authority police are searching for foreigners and checking the passports of "non-Palestinians" they encounter.
Tourists and workers from abroad are being verbally abused, spat at and accused of “bringing Corona to Palestine.”
For the next 2 weeks, everyone entering Israel will be required to enter quarantine for 2 weeks.
Despite several scares, Israel itself has yet to contend with a patient suffering from COVID-19, as coronavirus is officially named.
July 10, 2026 
