Israel shortens quarantine as COVID chief reports 20,000 new cases
Government approves millions in aid for cultural institutions impacted by the Omicron wave. Under pressure, PM Bennett weighs ending weeklong ...
Tag: Omicron
French Open closed to Djokovic unless he gets vaccinated
French Sports Ministry reiterates that there will be no exemptions from new vaccine certificate requirements.
20 Israelis positive for Omicron subvariant, 306 COVID patients in serious condition
The mutation, known as BA.2, is first identified in China several weeks ago and is believed to have originated in ...
US Supreme Court strikes down Biden's vaccine mandate for businesses
OSHA estimated that mandating tests or vaccines for businesses employing over 100 people would save 6,500 lives and 250,000 hospitalizations ...
Israel could see up to 2 million COVID cases within 2 weeks, researchers warn
As number of new cases mushrooms, with patients hospitalized in serious condition for COVID doubling in a week, education minister ...
South African studies suggest Omicron has higher 'asymptomatic carriage'
"Higher asymptomatic carriage rate is likely a major factor in the rapid and widespread dissemination of the variant, even among ...
All COVID numbers rising, 247 patients in serious condition
Health Ministry reports over 185,000 active cases, with 1,445 COVID patients in hospitals, including 59 on ventilators and 13 on ...
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 ...
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 ...