Israel’s Health Minister Litzman and his wife test positive for coronavirus
71-year-old is most senior Israeli official to be diagnosed so far with COVID-19, said to be in a good condition and working from isolation at… Read More ›
71-year-old is most senior Israeli official to be diagnosed so far with COVID-19, said to be in a good condition and working from isolation at… Read More ›
President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington,… Read More ›
Uber promised financial assistance to drivers forced off the road by the coronavirus, but even some who appear to meet its strict eligibility criteria have been… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
Targeted at adolescents in five languages, online series features iconic diarist using a video-camera to narrate a life spent hiding from the Nazis As… Read More ›
SEATTLE (THE CONVERSATION/AP/Nicholas Johnson University of Washington) The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the front lines of… Read More ›
Most people who are sick with COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, have mild symptoms and are advised to stay home and… Read More ›
Another Israeli succumbs to COVID-19 * Despite suspicion, Netanyahu tests negative for coronavirus. The Israeli public is being asked to celebrate Passover, Easter and… Read More ›
Opinion: Despite early reports from China that many of those infected would require respiratory assistance, it has emerged that Israeli officials did not even know… Read More ›
Cuomo laments ‘staggering’ number of deaths; refrigerated trucks reportedly being prepared to work as mobile morgues, as officials warn health system could collapse NEW… Read More ›
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Two “quarantine hotels” are being prepared to house ultra-Orthodox coronavirus patients in Israel beginning on Tuesday, Hebrew media reported on Monday.… Read More ›
President Donald Trump’s decision to extend social distancing guidelines until April 30 came after officials reviewed 12 different statistical models, said Dr. Deborah Birx, the… Read More ›
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 ›
Opinion: Although the northern border appears to pose no threat right now, in the Hamas-controlled enclave a massive COVID-19 outbreak might result in another cross-border… Read More ›
Prime minister met with adviser on ultra-Orthodox affairs Rivka Paluch on Thursday, raising concerns he may have been exposed to the virus An adviser… Read More ›
JERUSALEM (JNS) — Given the anticipated shortages of hospital staff able to treat those infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Israeli Ministry of Health… Read More ›
President Donald Trump extended federal social distancing guidelines to April 30. He also said the coronavirus outbreak in the US is likely to peak… Read More ›
Deaths rise to 12 • Haredim lead surge in new cases • Some 1,300 fines issued for defying directives. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered… Read More ›
Opinion: Middle East countries are not looking towards Europe, which is failing to stem the virus, or the U.S., which seems to have missed the… Read More ›