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4,395 positive tests yield 6.1% infection rate, down from day before; Health Ministry says 77.1% of new diagnoses are in people under age of 39, while just 5% detected in over-60s; health minister urges public to avoid packed Purim parties
Measure dependent on approval by Knesset committee, but panel chair says no meeting planned, sets up talks on matter with health minister
Israeli data shows Pfizer jab reduces COVID-19 transmission by 89 per cent 22nd February 2021 The Times reports on the interim agreement signed yesterday between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, to extend UN inspectors’ access to its nuclear sites for three months. The agreement comes just before Iranian law on Tuesday requires the government to stop allowing the inspection at short-notice of declared or undeclared nuclear sites. However, the agreement will give IAEA officials less access and end their right to make snap inspections. The Financial Times notes that new data from t...
491 shares The empty arrival hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on February 3, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90) Entry to Israel was expected to be limited to 200 citizens per day starting next week, as top ministers agreed to further tighten travel restrictions, aimed at preventing new strains of the coronavirus from reaching the country, that have left thousands of Israelis stranded abroad. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein and Transportation Minister Miri Regev decided on the measure after they met Monday to discuss the looming expi...
173 shares Israeli police clash with Haredi men as they enforce coronavirus restrictions in the Haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, January 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) As infection rates remained high and nearly 100 people died in a day of COVID-19, lawmakers were set to vote Thursday on doubling fines for those who flout regulations, enabling a scheduled cabinet meeting on a extending of the nationwide lockdown. The move to raise the fines is opposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox allies. Many institutions in Haredi society have continued to...