Lockdown

Lockdown lifted following reported active shooter situation at New Jersey air force base

The lockdown was implemented following a possible active shooter situation on base, KAN reported.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A US B-2 Spirit bomber, part of the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, stops for refueling at the US military base on Diego Garcia in this file photo taken October 8, 2001, following an air strike mission over Afghanistan.
Incoming freshmen march to their living quarters after the Oath of Office ceremony during Induction Day at the U.S. Naval Academy on June 26, 2025 in Annapolis, Maryland.

US naval academy on lockdown following report of armed intruder - report

A former midshipman reportedly returned to the US Naval Academy with a weapon, prompting a campus-wide lockdown as gunshots were heard inside Bancroft Hall.

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Illustrative image of people in an office.

An end to remote work? Even Zoom employees are asked to return to office

Workers living within 50 miles of a Zoom office will be returning to in-person work at least two days a week.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People adapted to the imposed decrease in social interaction

Social anxiety: Impact of forced lockdowns and isolation

For people with preexisting social anxiety conditions, the return to social life post-COVID is more complicated.

|ByDR. MIKE GROPPER

COVID lockdown violations plague ultra-Orthodox community over Tu Bishvat

Infection rates in the ultra-Orthodox community remain more than double that of the general population.

JANUARY 28, 2021ByJEREMY SHARON
ULTRA-ORTHODOX men – one masked, one not – are seen in the haredi enclave of Borough Park in Brooklyn, New York, on October 6.

Coronavirus: Gov't fails to meet on restrictions amid political squabbles

Almost 1.5 million people have received both vaccines • Deaths continues to spike as toll reaches 4,609 • Israel borders completely seal

JANUARY 28, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Israelis are seen walking along the Jaffa Street light rail tracks in the rain amid the coronavirus lockdown, on January 19, 2021.

COVID-19: What have we learned about human behavior in 2020? - opinion

Were the expectations regarding compliance realistic? If we look at the science, the answer is an unequivocal “no.”

JANUARY 28, 2021ByIRWIN J. (YITZCHAK) MANSDORF
POLICE OFFICERS try to convince passersby to abide by pandemic-related restrictions, in Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square on Monday.

Gay couple fined after helping mother during COVID lockdown

"The officer said 'No way. There's no such thing. It doesn't make sense that there's such a thing.'"

JANUARY 28, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police are seen checking drivers at a coronavirus checkpoint near Jerusalem's Gan Sacher amid lockdown, on January 12, 2021.

Security forces clash with protesters in locked-down Lebanon

The government imposed a 24-hour curfew earlier this month in a bid to curb a raging COVID-19 outbreak that has killed more than 2,500 people.

JANUARY 28, 2021ByREUTERS
DEMONSTRATORS TAKE part in protests that followed widespread frustration in Lebanon, capped by a deadly blast in Beirut Port last Tuesday.

Coronavirus: Health Ministry asks to extend lockdown by a week

The most problematic data concern the number of patients in serious conditions and ventilated, respectively around 1,150 and 300.

JANUARY 27, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Jerusalem's usually busy Old City is seen virtually empty during Israel's third coronavirus lockdown.

Head officer of lockdown enforcement suspected of breaking lockdown

According to lockdown restrictions, Israelis are restricted to an 1,000 meter radius from their homes.

JANUARY 25, 2021ByABIGAIL ADLER
Israel Police officers enforce lockdown restrictions, January 8, 2020.

When will the Diamond Industry Recover from the Impact of Covid-19?

JANUARY 20, 2021BySARAH GOLDMAN

Will 'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic receive a presidential pardon?

Rumors swirled earlier in the day of a possible presidential pardon for the former zookeeper currently serving a 22-year federal prison sentence for attempting to murder Carole Baskin.

JANUARY 20, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mugshot of Joe Exotic from Santa Rose County Jail, 2018.

Israel tops 4,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic

Cabinet to vote on extending lockdown on Tuesday.

JANUARY 18, 2021ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, UDI SHAHAM
Jerusalem's usually busy Old City is seen virtually empty during Israel's third coronavirus lockdown.