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Ministers said fuming after health officials issue new rules before cabinet okay

Ministers said fuming after health officials issue new rules before cabinet okay

After detailed new guidelines published, one minister writes to others that Health Ministry ‘making a mockery of cabinet’; another wonders ‘why we need a cabinet… Read More ›

Forbes Study Ranks Israel As Safest Country Regarding Coronavirus Pandemic

Forbes Study Ranks Israel As Safest Country Regarding Coronavirus Pandemic

  NEW YORK — A new Forbes study published Monday ranked Israel as the safest country in the world with regard to dealing with the… Read More ›

Under India’s caste system Dalits are considered untouchable. The coronavirus is intensifying that slur

Under India’s caste system Dalits are considered untouchable. The coronavirus is intensifying that slur

Mumbai, India – Polamma carefully descends the 250 steps from the hilltop slum where she lives in southern India to walk one kilometer to the… Read More ›

Former Sephardic chief rabbi Bakshi-Doron succumbs to coronavirus, aged 79

Former Sephardic chief rabbi Bakshi-Doron succumbs to coronavirus, aged 79

Rabbi dies 5 days after admission to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek and testing positive for COVID-19; Deri mourns loss of ‘giant of a scholar, a guide… Read More ›

Some Doctors Moving Away From Ventilators For Virus Patients

Some Doctors Moving Away From Ventilators For Virus Patients

  NEW YORK (AP) — As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away… Read More ›

WHO defends coronavirus response after Trump criticism

WHO defends coronavirus response after Trump criticism

The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday defended the organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, at one point directly responding to criticisms leveled… Read More ›

Pelosi Seeking At Least $1 Trillion For Next Virus Bill

Pelosi Seeking At Least $1 Trillion For Next Virus Bill

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi is telling House Democrats another $1 trillion is needed for the next coronavirus rescue package. Pelosi told Democrats… Read More ›

How did coronavirus break out? Theories abound as researchers race to solve genetic detective story

How did coronavirus break out? Theories abound as researchers race to solve genetic detective story

A vacuum of knowledge about the origins of the new coronavirus ravaging the world has provided fertile ground for all manner of theories — from… Read More ›

Jaffa riots continue for a second day, rocks thrown towards firefighters

Jaffa riots continue for a second day, rocks thrown towards firefighters

A number of young people in Jaffa, including minors, set fire to dumpsters and threw rocks and bricks toward the road, later throwing rocks at… Read More ›

Gov’t mulls lockdown on haredi cities as coronavirus battle intensifies

Gov’t mulls lockdown on haredi cities as coronavirus battle intensifies

COVID-19: Number of dead surges to 20 people, more than 5,000 infected * Health Ministry: ‘Too early to be optimistic,’ despite decline in numbers  … Read More ›

No, everything won’t ‘be fine’ in Israel

No, everything won’t ‘be fine’ in Israel

Opinion: A blasé homily has long defined state policies, leading to a deterioration in the health system and allowing one fifth of the population to… Read More ›

Three die as coronavirus death toll rises to 15

Three die as coronavirus death toll rises to 15

Over 4,000 people are infected * 22-year-old in critical condition * Random virus testing starts Monday at three groceries   Three more Israelis died from… Read More ›

Facebook’s ads business is being hurt by coronavirus — even though the lockdown has caused unprecedented usage

Facebook’s ads business is being hurt by coronavirus — even though the lockdown has caused unprecedented usage

  Usage of Facebook has skyrocketed due to coronavirus lockdowns. But its ad business isn’t getting boosted, as much of the activity is on unmonetized… Read More ›

More than 1,000 Israelis infected with coronavirus

More than 1,000 Israelis infected with coronavirus

Health minister considers extending daylight saving times * Unemployment rate spikes to 16.5%   Some 1,071 Israelis have been infected with the novel coronavirus at… Read More ›

Fighting coronavirus should not weaken Israeli democracy

Fighting coronavirus should not weaken Israeli democracy

Opinion: A caretaker government that does not have majority support from voters or members of Knesset must not be allowed to decide on measures that… Read More ›

Talking To Kids About Virus? Experts Say Be Calm And Honest

Talking To Kids About Virus? Experts Say Be Calm And Honest

  NEW YORK (AP) – It was a routine game of schoolyard tag — except the children had dubbed this version “coronavirus.” The kids ran… Read More ›

The Pentagon says it ‘wishes to reconsider’ the award to Microsoft of the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract

The Pentagon says it ‘wishes to reconsider’ the award to Microsoft of the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract

  The Pentagon on Thursday in a court filing said it “wishes to reconsider” its decision to award the $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract… Read More ›

Trump says he’s suspending travel from Europe to US, though citizens and others are exempt

Trump says he’s suspending travel from Europe to US, though citizens and others are exempt

  Washington – President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was sharply restricting travel to the United States from more than two dozen European countries, a… Read More ›

Israel mulls quarantine for travelers from NY, California and Washington

Israel mulls quarantine for travelers from NY, California and Washington

AIPAC attendees arriving home after March 5 also require isolation. Three conference attendees have been diagnosed with COVID-19, two from New York and one from… Read More ›

New cases of coronavirus bring Israeli sufferers to 25

New cases of coronavirus bring Israeli sufferers to 25

Netanyahu said he will enlist youth and military to assist in disinfection efforts in public places including buses and trains, considering extending the school Purim… Read More ›