Quarantine

Aid group says seven Americans quarantining at Kenya Ebola facility after US travel ban

Washington's new policy says American citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is an Ebola outbreak, must spend three weeks in a third country before entering the US

Protesters hold a banner and chant slogans as they march during a demonstration against a controversial US-built Ebola quarantine centre slated to begin operations at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki on June 9, 2026.
Demonstrators gather near a barricade they created during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026.

Kenyan police fire tear gas during protest against US Ebola quarantine facility

Demonstrators gather near a barricade they created during a protest against a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County, Kenya June 1, 2026.

Two people killed in Kenya protest against US Ebola quarantine site plan, organizer, sources say

 : A general view of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta

CDC classifies hantavirus outbreak to 'level 3' of emergency activation


Mass MK coronavirus quarantine nixes government legislative agenda

On Sunday, nine MKs were put into quarantine on after coming into contact with Knesset employees who tested positive for COVID-19.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Knesset plenum, December 15, 2021.

One Israeli family causes mass Omicron outbreak - here’s how

The family from Jerusalem - parents and two young children, known as “Family P” - recently returned to Israel from South Africa. 

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (greenish brown) heavily infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (pink), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Ma

Omicron COVID variant: Two Sheba doctors suspected to be infected

Knesset extends Big Coronavirus Law * UN says concerned over African travel ban * Minister recommends sanctioning unvaccinated

People who arrived on a flight from England arrive to the Dan Panorama Hotel used as a quarantine facility, on December 20, 2020.

Dutch Reform rabbi says COVID-19 policies remind her of Nazi Germany

Tamarah Benima, an outspoken 71-year-old Reform rabbi from Amsterdam, made the comparison on Thursday in a speech in the northern Dutch city of Leeuwarden.

AMSTERDAM CANAL: At about 2 meters below sea-level, the city is built on 11 million support poles

COVID-19: Health Ministry warns against travel to Russia, Turkey

Parents no longer need to isolate with young children who become infected with COVID-19.

 TRAVELERS WALK through Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this year.

Israel’s ‘Green Classroom’ COVID outline to start on Sunday

Students in green cities will no longer have to go into quarantine if one of their classmates catches COVID.

 Young Israeli students arrive for their first day of school after the holidays, at Gabrieli school, in Tel Aviv.  September 30, 2021.

Students who isolate are angry, violent and addicted to screens - survey

Children who are put into quarantine experience more outbursts of anger, expressions of violence, prolonged use of screens and reversal of sleep hours, according to a new survey.

 Children wearing face masks attend a class as students return to school after the summer break, less than a month into a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster drive, at Arazim Elementary School in Tel Aviv, Israel September 1, 2021

We need a better COVID strategy for children - analysis

Young people can’t shoulder the burden of COVID-19 by themselves forever.

 51. We have a great educational  system. Pictured: Arriving on the  first day of school, Sept. 1.

Getting divorced in Israel in the COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus didn’t just wreak havoc on relationships, it created new issues for couples already divorced and sharing custody. 

 Wedding bands (illustrative).

COVID: Only people jabbed in Israel are to be exempt from quarantine

Beginning Friday, regulations will ease for Israelis who had third jab, but they won’t apply to people inoculated outside the country.

Passengers in Ben-Gurion Airport amid ongoing coronavirus restrictions, Feb. 2021