TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he will stop further easing of the coronavirus restrictions — and may even revert to lockdowns – until the upward trend in cases reverses itself.
TEL AVIV – Israel announced Thursday it would begin easing coronavirus restrictions as a nationwide Passover curfew ended.
TEL AVIV – The response in Israel to curbing the coronavirus pandemic has been “right on target,” a U.S. data and medical expert told the Times of Israel in an interview.
TEL AVIV – The upcoming holidays of Passover and Ramadan, which fall back to back this year, are a “danger” to the population and threaten to overwhelm the fight against COVID-19, the the Health Ministry’s director-general warned Thursday.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Wednesday if there was no improvement in the amount of confirmed coronavirus cases then he would have no choice but to begin a total lockdown.
TEL AVIV – Coronavirus claimed its second fatality in Israel on Tuesday, a 67-year-old woman with a serious preexisting medical condition, Wolfson Medical Center in Holon announced.
TEL AVIV – Israel will instate “drive-thru” COVID-19 testing stations on Wednesday that will allow 6,000 Israelis to be tested daily, the country’s emergency service Magen David Adom said Tuesday.
TEL AVIV – Israel on Tuesday announced sweeping new restrictions amounting to a near shutdown of the country, telling citizens to avoid going outside unless “absolutely necessary” in a bid to combat the novel coronavirus.
TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday said coronavirus, which saw its second confirmed case among Israelis, is not a good enough reason to postpone the national elections set to take place next week.
TEL AVIV – In a bid to curb the coronavirus outbreak, Israel’s health ministry on Monday said anyone returning from a trip to China must self-impose a 14-day quarantine. Employers would also be penalized if they attempted to force people to come back to work during that time.
