Study: COVID vaccine 90% effective at preventing infection in teens
PM Bennett orders experts to increase genetic testing of virus samples following discovery of Delta sub-variant in Israel. FDA approves ...
Tag: Delta variant
US follows Israel's lead, approves COVID booster shots for immunocompromised
The US Food and Drug Administration amends its emergency use authorization for Moderna and Pfizer vaccines to allow a third ...
WHO: Delta variant, low vaccination rates driving 4th COVID wave in Middle East
Most of the new cases and hospitalized patients are unvaccinated people, says head of WHO's Eastern Mediterranean region Ahmed al-Mandhari.
Daily number of new COVID cases crosses 2,000
Coronavirus Knowledge Center warns that reproduction rate indicates that number of positive tests and active cases in Israel could double ...
AIPAC postpones congressional trips to Israel over rising COVID concerns
"Given Israel's increased concern over the Delta variant, we decided it was not possible to offer Members of Congress a ...
Health Minister: No plans to shutter Ben-Gurion Airport at this time
However, says Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, "It is likely that more countries will soon be added to the blacklist. There ...
PM seeks criminal prosecution for COVID carriers who violate quarantine
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz tells Army Radio that another lockdown is a "possibility." As number of serious cases continues to ...
Middle East could see 'catastrophic' COVID surge after Eid al-Adha, WHO warns
After a decline in COVID cases and deaths in the Eastern Mediterranean region, World Health Organization concerned about lack of ...
Global COVID-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate
Tally of lives lost over the past year and a half is about equal to the number of people killed ...
Delta strain accounts for 90% of Israel's active COVID cases, mostly traceable to UAE, Russia
Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli instructs Ben-Gurion Airport to direct arrivals from countries with a high infection rate into a separate ...