Omicron
JN.1: What is the new COVID variant in Israel? - explainer
Israel has detected a new variant of COVID-19 known as JN.1, which has already affected around 200 people in the country. What should you know about it?
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US sending 1,000 military health workers to US COVID-19 hot spots
Teams of seven to 25 military doctors, nurses and other personnel will begin arriving in Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio and Rhode Island to support emergency rooms.
Israeli Manufacturers' Association chief: We are in midst of economic war
According to Tomer, the current wave of the coronavirus poses challenges that have yet to be seen in Israel.
COVID-19: Israel hits 48,000 cases, serious patients increase
While the number of deaths in January remains limited, in the last seven days 27 died of COVID-19, a 93% increase compared to previous weeks.
Anti-vaccine protesters try to storm Bulgaria's parliament
Bulgaria reported record high daily infections on Wednesday, largely fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant.
COVID-19: Prices falling in Israel for antigen home test kits
From next week the Machsanei Hashuk supermarket chain says it will sell packets of 20 antigen home test kits made by GenSure for NIS 116, just NIS 5.80 for each test.
IDF cancels reserve drills for January as troops infected with Omicron passes 6,000
In order to diagnose troops, the military procured over a million antigen tests and dispersed tens of thousands of tests to military clinics.
WHO says more research needed on vaccine efficacy against Omicron
But on one of the key questions of whether a new Omicron-specific vaccine was needed now, the UN agency did not have an immediate answer.
Spain's PharmaMar says potential COVID-19 treatment shows efficacy against Omicron
The results of the trials were released in a paper published in the scientific journal Life Science Alliance, PharmaMar said.
US reports 1.35 million COVID-19 cases in a day, shattering global record
The record in new cases came the same day as the nation saw the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients also hit an all-time high, having doubled in three weeks.
