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As flu cases rise in Israel, Health Ministry calls on at-risk groups to wear masks
While vaccination rates are climbing, with about 15.7 percent of the population inoculated, the ministry says coverage remains insufficient.
Portugal's parliament approves far-right party's bill to ban burkas
IDF West Bank Chief outlaws wearing facemasks, punishable with half year in prison
Columbia bans face masks in protests and acquiesces to other Trump administration demands
Biden says he would if elected mandate masks on interstate transportation
This month, the US Transportation Dept rejected a petition that sought a mask mandate at airports and for US airlines, saying the dept believes "there should be no more regulations than necessary."
Masks block coronavirus but not perfectly, Japanese study shows
Face masks are still shown to be the most effective means of slowing the spread of the virus, and medical bodies worldwide recommend wearing them and maintaining social distancing measures.
Meeting the Druze women who make masks in the coronavirus age
"Most of our young Druze women want to go into hi-tech, not make hi-tech masks."
Survey: Most of Israeli public use face masks improperly amid coronavirus
While focusing on personal habits of face mask wear, the survey mainly targeted the frequency with which Israelis change their masks.
Coronavirus: Face masks don't affect lungs, virus lives on skin for 9 hrs
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
Coronavirus: Cover your nose when you wear a mask, doctors say
New evidence is increasingly showing that it is far easier for the virus to affect internal systems when passing through the nose.
Vietnam to give Israel 100,000 coronavirus face masks
The masks, produced by a local company called PSD, will be delivered to ZAKA volunteers in Israel.
This Rosh Hashanah we need to respect others - and wear a mask
There was none to be found. He should have been told that only mask-wearers were permitted in that synagogue. He should have been asked to leave. But he wasn’t and he didn’t. Instead, I did.
Pope wears face mask, warns against political exploitation of coronavirus
The pope called people who turn their backs on the suffering coronavirus had caused "devotees of Pontius Pilate who simply wash their hands of it."
Bill proposes giving free masks to all Israelis
There is precedent for distributing masks in Israel. When there was a chemical threat to Israel, all Israeli citizens were given gas masks.
