Lockdown may be unavoidable if serious COVID cases hit 1,200, top healthcare official warns
COVID response coordinator Professor Salman Zarka warns that "minor" restrictions won't curb spread of virus. Meanwhile, Comptroller Matan Engelman says ...
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PM: Omicron spreading with all its might, Israel could reach 50,000 cases daily
Health Ministry Sunday morning reports 17,521 new COVID-19 diagnoses over the past 24 hours following some 151,000 tests, marking a ...
'Millions of Israelis will be infected by Omicron,' expert warns as 5th COVID wave gains speed
Prof. Ran Balicer, the chairman of the Health Ministry's pandemic response team, tells Israel Hayom that while "Omicron behaves fundamentally ...
COVID deaths, number of seriously ill patients double
Health Ministry director-general says due to various restrictions, Pfizer's oral coronavirus pill is not a "game-changer." Education Ministry introduces new ...
2021 sees global food prices soar to 10-year high
Higher food prices contribute to a broader surge in inflation as economies recover from the COVID crisis.
Infection rate surges as 16,000 Israelis test positive for COVID
President Isaac Herzog gets vaccinated with the fourth dose, kicking off the national booster campaign. Israel and other governments introduce ...
Local AI tech helps Health Ministry look for COVID in an unexpected place
Solution from wastewater analysis company Kando scans samples of sewage from towns of 20,000 residents and more and tests them ...
Utah tech entrepreneur quits after calling COVID vaccine 'Jewish plot'
In missive Chabad Utah Rabbi Avremi Zippel calls "flaming pile of garbage," David Bateman says Jews invented vaccine to "exterminate" ...
Record 10,000 Israelis test positive for COVID as France identifies new strain
New coronavirus variant is believed to have 46 mutations. Health Ministry Director-General Nachman Ash gets vaccinated with fourth dose, calls ...
Hamas strongman Khaled Mashaal tests positive for COVID
Mashaal is currently in quarantine and exhibits mild coronavirus symptoms, Palestinian media says.