Health

The Ministry of Health has unexpectedly frozen the agreement with Mae Heritage to set up a corona testing lab. The lab, which was first published in Calcalist, was scheduled to conduct about 10,000 tests a day starting April 9, and subsequently reach 20,000. The company has already rented a dedicated location in Petah Tikva, and its partner, Chinese BGI, has launched. The cause of the freeze is unclear at this time. Mae Heritage did not respond, but close associates stated that the cancellation was not initiated and is correct at all times to complete the project. The company was supposed...

At the entrance to Jasser a-Zarqa, a police checkpoint was erected on Friday, which maintains a sort of "breathable closure" on the locality, in which five Corona patients are known. The police officers stationed at the site ask those who want to enter, ask them for their name, place of residence and where they came from - and the entrance is only possible for the villagers and the residents. At the same time, villagers who want to leave should explain to the forces where they are going. Anyone with no convincing excuse is sent back to the community. In Jasser a-Zarqa, residents still roam...

A senior medical procurement officer claims that last week, about 160 respirators were brought to Israel from abroad. He said that at the same time, the production of respirators in Israel accelerated and two new production lines were added, so that every week several tens of respirators are added in Israel. "We will meet the target of 7,000 respirators," he concluded. In the background, the Ministry of Defense announced that in the coming days, 11 Israeli aircraft will complete an air train of equipment from China

The curfew imposed in the country for the holiday will be valid until 7 am on Thursday. Traffic is also prohibited within the cities, and food is prohibited. By Friday, at 6 a.m., crossing between towns would be prohibited, and police set up dozens of roadblocks to enforce traffic restrictions. These restrictions do not apply to communities where most of their residents are not Jewish. The imposition of Passover on the nuclear family led to the creativity of residents across the country to co-exist. Families did not settle for online order and found ways to celebrate with neighbors...

Airlines around the world are close to collapse due to almost total stoppage of flights around the world. On Tuesday, passenger traffic in the United States plunged 95%. About one hundred and thirty thousand passengers flew, a volume similar to the 1960s passenger movement. The situation in Israel is similar too. EL AL is close to collapse and the Finance Ministry has no willingness to assist the company as it requires. The Treasury rejected a request for aid of NIS 700 million. In spite of the controversy, El Al conducts Israeli rescue flights from around the world and supplies medical...

A woman who has recovered from the corona virus has donated plasma, the blood component in which the antibodies to the corona virus are found, to save the life of a 29-year-old corona patient who is in serious condition. MDA calls Corona patients who have recovered from donating plasma through a simple procedure after at least 14 days of complete recovery. A call for a plasma donation was received yesterday at Magen David Adom's blood services. Found a donor - a resident of Jerusalem who recovered from the virus. MDA then began a Bezeq operation to bring an ambulance to the blood services...

Israeli company Simbionix, the simulator division of 3D Systems Corporation, which specializes in the development of manufacturing of medical simulators, including ultra-sound, has harnessed its capabilities to help fight COVID-19. Simbionix has developed a unique training module for diagnosing COVID-19 with a lung pulmonary. Developed in collaboration with medical teams across the globe and Israel, including Dr. Lior Fuchs, member of Ben Gurion University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and senior physician at the Intensive Internal Care Unit at the Soroka University Medical Center, and Dr....

A new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis will enable more patients, including ones with serious conditions, to attain remission. a significant improvement of their health and day to day performance The treatment has been studied on 5,000 patients throughout the world including Israel.The patients who participated in the study reported quick improvement in their pain sensation, physical performance, level of fatigue, ability to work and general quality of life. The treatment has been included in the national health basket services for 2020 and will be available to patients in all the...

Positive data in the fight against coronary proliferation: Decrease in the number of patients in difficult condition. The youngest of them, an 11-year-old Elad girl who is enrolled in Rambam Hospital, is still in serious condition - but the hospital said her condition has improved, and she has even recovered from the virus. The number of people who died of the virus rose to 208, including six in the past day. The number of recoverers from Corona is 7,375. 117 of the patients are in serious condition, compared with 129 yesterday morning. The number of breaths has also dropped, but smaller -...

Israel is celebrating 72nd Independence Day, which this year has been marked in homes rather than on streets and entertainment venues, because of regulations designed to prevent the spread of the Corona virus. The beacon lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl was held without crowds and without the flagship exchange of IDF troops. As a result of the stringent holiday regulations, the businesses that opened in recent days, as did the supermarkets. The traffic on the roads has been greatly reduced due to the prohibition of traveling between cities. At 17:00, the special regulations for the...