Israel Coronavirus

Israeli, Australian public health leaders to exchange COVID-19 knowledge

A group of 15 leading Australian public health experts and clinicians will visit Israel in September for a high-level exchange of lessons about the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 Prepping the vaccine at a Health Ministry center in Jerusalem's Malcha Mall
 BACK TO THE lines? Magen David worker take a COVID-19 rapid antigen test at a Magen David Adom drive-thru site in Jerusalem on Monday.

COVID-19 in Israel: 12,825 new cases, Health Committee authorizes remote testing method

A TEL AVIV crosswalk this week, with a mix of masked and unmasked pedestrians.

How are Israelis reacting to the end of the mask mandate?

 Israelis, some wearing masks, are seen walking in Jerusalem's Machane Yehuda market on January 13, 2022

Mask mandate cancellation comes into effect in Israel


Tel Aviv Stock Exchange boasts 'peak year' for 2020

Israel’s bourse reported significant increases in daily trading volume and IPO activity, along with mixed stock results.

An electronic board displaying market data is seen at the entrance of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in Tel Aviv, Israel

Of dogs, men and COVID-19

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic there was an unprecedented upsurge in pet adoptions in Israel.

The writer’s granddaughter with Fluffy

Facebook removes Israeli anti-vaccine 'fake news' groups, posts

Removed posts included claims that the vaccines were filled with microchips or poison, and would be used to cull the population.

 A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020

David Bitan in serious, stable condition 1 week into COVID hospitalization

Likud MK David Bitan was hospitalized last week with COVID-19.

David Bitan in Knesset on February 5, 2018.

Bar Siman Tov to 'Post:' Gov't must move fast in times of crisis

To gain public trust, you have to make fast and professional decisions.

OUTGOING HEALTH Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov appears at a press briefing at the Prime Ministers office last month

Outbreaks in nursing homes worsened by bureaucratic test bungling

"On every tombstone of an elderly person who died from COVID, will it be written that they died due to the Tender Obligation Law?" Committee chairman Ofer Shelah asked.

THERE IS now a broad social realization that the elderly are the main risk group that needs to be protected.

Over 200 COVID-positive Israelis expected to return from UAE in December

Cramped flights have some worried that many Israelis would catch the disease on the plane, leaving tests unable to detect the virus so close after infection.

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS in full protective gear attend the boarding of an Israir flight between Tel Aviv and Eilat

For Hanukkah: Eight COVID-19 silver linings

Running Uphill: Hanukkah is the ideal time to bring some light into the world

WE ARE spending more time in nature: Cranes reflect in the Hula Valley last month.

Coronavirus vaccines: Which Israelis will be jabbed first?

Medical personnel top the list, while children will be ineligible for inoculation

Hadassah-University Medical Center's Prof. Yossi Karko (left) and Hannah Drori, chief of the hospital’s clinical research center, administer Brilife vaccine to a volunteer

First shipment of Pfizer vaccines expected to arrive in the coming days

Israel has purchased eight million doses of the Pfizer vaccine – enough to vaccinate four million people.

Syringes are seen in front of displayed Biontech and Pfizer logos in this illustration