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Coronavirus Passover: Israel under lockdown, 65 people dead

Coronavirus Passover: Israel under lockdown, 65 people dead

149 in serious condition, 117 intubated * Israel loses 37-year-old to the disease   It’s the holiday of freedom and the State of Israel is… Read More ›

Criticism of Haredi coronavirus conduct is not racism

Criticism of Haredi coronavirus conduct is not racism

Opinion: Criticism of the ultra-Orthodox is based on concrete facts that can no longer be ignored; comparing this to anti-Semitism is pure demagogy Veteran TV… Read More ›

NYC virus deaths exceed 4,000, topping toll for 9/11 attacks

NYC virus deaths exceed 4,000, topping toll for 9/11 attacks

NY state records 731 new deaths, its biggest one-day jump yet, for a total of nearly 5,500; number of patients requiring breathing tubes drops  … Read More ›

Modeling Coronavirus: ‘Uncertainty Is The Only Certainty’

Modeling Coronavirus: ‘Uncertainty Is The Only Certainty’

  SEATTLE (AP) — A statistical model cited by the White House generated a slightly less grim figure Monday for a first wave of deaths… Read More ›

‘I can’t take it back’: Trump’s Navy secretary resigns and apologizes after he described a fired carrier captain as ‘too naïve or too stupid’

‘I can’t take it back’: Trump’s Navy secretary resigns and apologizes after he described a fired carrier captain as ‘too naïve or too stupid’

  Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has resigned, CNN and Politico reported on Tuesday. Modly’s offer to step down came a day after he visited the USS Theodore Roosevelt… Read More ›

Coronavirus: Netanyahu announces nationwide lockdown until Friday

Coronavirus: Netanyahu announces nationwide lockdown until Friday

Israel’s coronavirus death toll reaches 58, cases climb to 8,904.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening announced tough new restrictions on public movement,… Read More ›

In a coronavirus world, remember those who need help

In a coronavirus world, remember those who need help

Opinion: This widespread sense of helplessness is all too familiar to Israel’s citizens with autism who feel isolated, scared and uncertain on a daily basis,… Read More ›

As US starts to see signs of hope, virus crisis escalates alarmingly in UK

As US starts to see signs of hope, virus crisis escalates alarmingly in UK

New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces the first, faint signs outbreak there might be near its peak, but Britain sees deaths climb and PM Johnson… 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 ›

Trump voices hope for ‘leveling-off’ of coronavirus in US hot spots

Trump voices hope for ‘leveling-off’ of coronavirus in US hot spots

Most states have ordered residents to stay home except for essential trips to slow the spread of the virus in the United States.   The… Read More ›

Cry for the people of Bnei Brak, whose leaders let them down

Cry for the people of Bnei Brak, whose leaders let them down

Opinion: The officials running the ultra-Orthodox city betrayed their community by blocking them from vital information, ignoring practical problems of maintaining quarantine and themselves violating… Read More ›

Cabinet names lockdown committee, with 8 cities, Jerusalem areas in crosshairs

Cabinet names lockdown committee, with 8 cities, Jerusalem areas in crosshairs

Late night meeting also authorizes amendment to Basic Law of State Economy to allow country to tackle financial crisis brought on by virus restrictions  … Read More ›

4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern Israel

4.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern Israel

  JERUSALEM (JNS) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit Israel’s south on Sunday morning, according to the Geophysical Institute of Israel. According to the institute, the… Read More ›

Italy, Spain, and France reported declines in daily coronavirus death tolls. Their governments don’t plan to lift national lockdowns and social distancing rules anytime soon.

Italy, Spain, and France reported declines in daily coronavirus death tolls. Their governments don’t plan to lift national lockdowns and social distancing rules anytime soon.

  Italy, Spain, and France each reported slight declines in daily coronavirus death tolls on Sunday. The three countries responded to the coronavirus with strict national lockdowns in early… Read More ›

Home Front Command will not accept responsibility for nursing homes

Home Front Command will not accept responsibility for nursing homes

Nursing homes are under a particular threat, as the elderly community is more at risk from the novel COVID-19 than any other age group.  … Read More ›

Israel needs an exit plan for this coronavirus crisis

Israel needs an exit plan for this coronavirus crisis

Opinion: While the quarantine has so far proven to be effective in at least slowing down the infection rate, Israel needs a more daring, and… Read More ›

Senior health official calls for more virus-hit Haredi towns to be locked down

Senior health official calls for more virus-hit Haredi towns to be locked down

Ministry source says Elad, Migdal Haemek, Modiin Illit, and ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods of Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh should join Bnei Brak as restricted zones   A… Read More ›

At Funerals In Virus Outbreak, Mourning Is From A Distance

At Funerals In Virus Outbreak, Mourning Is From A Distance

  LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — No one stands in line to embrace the widow and share memories of her husband of 50 years. No rows… Read More ›

Trump says there will be ‘a lot of death’ over the next two weeks

Trump says there will be ‘a lot of death’ over the next two weeks

  President Trump said that this week and next will probably be the toughest in the fight against coronavirus and that “there will be a… Read More ›