Coronavirus Outbreak

Discovery at Wuhan facility shows virus uses similar cell entry mechanism as COVID-19.

Travelers returning from abroad can be tested for COVID at the government's expense. Testing is voluntary, for now.

Parents inoculating young children will be able to choose between Moderna and Pfizer shots. Healthcare providers stress the importance of immunization but expect low turnout over parents' concerns.

Platform speedily generates anti-viral drugs that target proteins common to all viruses. It could potentially also be used to also combat influenza, Zika, West Nile, hepatitis B and other viruses.

Children aged six months to four or five years can now also be inoculated against the coronavirus but the extent to which parents would be willing to vaccinate them remains unknown. 

Among the 926 people who tested positive upon returning to Israel on Monday, 118 of them (12.7%) arrived from Greece.

Caseload tops 10,200 in 24 hours, with 168 patients in serious condition. Health Ministry calls on hospitals to reopen coronavirus wards, most of which were shuttered as the pandemic waned.

Over 5,815 Israelis test positive for the coronavirus as concerns of resurgence grow. Health Ministry recommends indoor mask-wearing for the first time since the mandate dropped in April.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz meet with experts to discuss rising COVID cases, which are at their highest since April 19.

Travelers, regardlessof nationality, won't have to present a negative test result before boarding a plane to Israel and will not have to undergo a COVID test upon entry, the Health Ministry says.