Health

43 people have been diagnosed as positive for the Corona virus in the last day. This is according to the Ministry of Health data released on Tuesday evening. This represents an increase of 0.26%. Since Saturday night, only 104 new patients have been diagnosed. It has been over a week that the daily growth rate does not exceed one percent. 5,586 people are now defined as active patients, and 10,465 have recovered. In the last day, there was also a 4% increase in the number of recoverers. 91 of the patients are in a difficult situation - only one patient increase compared to yesterday....

The National Institutes of Health said it began a study to evaluate the combination of antibiotic azithromycin and malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which was previously touted by U.S. President Donald Trump as a "game changer" for the treatment of COVID-19. The study, for which Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd will be donating medicines, will assess whether the combination can prevent hospitalization and death from COVID-19, the coronavirus respiratory disease. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is sponsoring...

The Ministry of Health on Monday updated that no new infections were detected in Israel since Sunday. the number of confirmed patients is 16,621, withno new infectios were detected in Israel since Sunday with 3,335 of them defined as active patients. 57 patients are in serious condition, including 47 respirators. The number of victims remains at 272 and the number of recoverers is 13,041. The Ministry of Health also noted that a total of 2,417 tests were performed last night. The highest number of patients was diagnosed in Jerusalem - 3,670 patients - and 64,231 tests were performed...

A rare flight from the United Arab Emirates arrived in Israel on Tuesday night, carrying medical equipment to help Palestinians fight the coronavirus pandemic. The landing was confirmed by state-run news agency WAM. The Etihad Airways plane was scheduled to land shortly before 10 p.m. at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Airports Authority spokesman Ofer Lefler said. While Israel and the UAE have had diplomatic relations, ties between them have warmed in recent years, largely over a shared distrust of Iran. Still, there are no publicly known flights between the countries. The plane...

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced a policy change in the Corona inspections. A statement to the media made it clear that from now on, tests across the country will be expanded even without the detection of symptoms, and not just in schools as has been the case until now. "People without symptoms who have been in close contact with a verified patient at school, people without symptoms who have been in close contact with a verified patient as part of an institutional discussion - protected housing and the like, and at the discretion of the attending physician - I allow any physician...

118 new corona patients have been diagnosed in Israel in the last 24 hours, 93 of them since midnight. This is according to the Ministry of Health data released this evening (Thursday). According to city data, the new patients were found in dozens of localities and not in a small number of localities, as they were in recent weeks. The number of infections in Israel stands at 17,495, of which 15,013 have recovered and 291 have died - so the number of active patients is 2,191

Six tenants and three employees in the nursing ward at Neot Avi - Ahuzat Eyal Nursing Home in Or Yehuda have been infected with the Corona virus in recent days. This after working at the institution was infected with the virus. The adherents were diagnosed on the second test, after the first test did not indicate infection. Following the diagnosis, all the occupants of the department and the workers were isolated - 29 patients and five employees. In addition, the institution began examining all tenants and employees. Some adhesives were transferred to other geriatric centers. According to...

.148 people were diagnosed with Corona patients in the past day, according to (Tuesday) Health Ministry data released (Tuesday). The data also shows that 32 have recovered in the last day, and the number of active patients is currently 2,722. According to data and a report from the Corona National Information and Knowledge Center, affiliated with the IDF Intelligence Division, 166 patients were added in Tel Aviv as of June 1. According to the Ministry of Health, 18,180 people have contracted corona in Israel, of which 15,159 have recovered. 31 of the active patients are defined as in...

The National Labor Court rejected Friday's state demand to issue restraining orders - announcing that the 10th grade school year is over. Meaning: Upon accepting the Teachers Organization position, the middle school year is over, and kindergarten and elementary students left for the Great Holidays on July 1st. "We do not express any position on the implications of this decision on the obligation of the Teachers' Union to act in accordance with its agreements with the state," the judges wrote. "In the absence of a normative source to require the extension of the school year to the 10th...

New treatment for psoriasis that has been recently approved is being available to Israeli patients. The treatment that utilizes a specific mechanism against the disease has demonstrated significant therapeutic success, even in severe cases. It is now available to patients of all HMOs. SKYRIZI™ - A new treatment for psoriasis that has been recently approved is now being available to treat Israeli psoriasis patients and it has demonstrated therapeutic success, even in severe cases. The treatment has been studied for several years in extensive clinical trials, and currently there are already...