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The Ministry of Health updated that 10,052 people were diagnosed with the Corona virus last week. The figure is 14.95% lower than the week before, when 11,820 people were diagnosed. 1,674 were diagnosed in the past day, bringing the number of infected patients in Israel to 80,431. Yesterday, results were obtained for 28,382 tests, with the percentage of positive for the virus being 6.1%. The test data and their results are not final and may change in subsequent updates from the Ministry of Health. The number of active patients is 24,577. 776 patients are hospitalized in the hospitals, of...

Senior executives from various industries claim that in the last month the trend has intensified in which people refuse to return from unpaid leave or start new jobs, leading to a shortage of employees. The blame, they say, lies in promising the government to pay unemployment benefits by mid-2021 or until the unemployment rate in the economy falls below 10%. Rami Levy, owner of Rami Levy Sycamore Marketing says that "long-term unemployment benefits are the worst thing the government could have done." He said, "The state had to give money to employers so that they would pay it to workers,...

The Corona Cabinet has decided to lift restrictions on business activities on weekends and stays in public playgrounds. These decisions are subject to government approval, and a vote will be taken during the day. It was also decided to increase involvement in the orange and red cities, and it was decided to promote an outline for the opening of the skies on August 16. The focus of the discussion was a confrontation between the prime minister's approach, which pushed for a closure call, For that. The forum convened yesterday to discuss the possibility of new concessions or restrictions on...

Progress regarding investor Eli Rosenberg on the way to obtaining a permit to purchase El Al. The Companies Authority will recommend to the state the granting of a permit to Rosenberg, subject to the discretion of the ministers holding the state's gold share in El Al. A letter sent by the director of the Companies Authority, Yaakov Quint, to Rosenberg's representative, CPA Aminach Rusk, states: , To agree that he will hold a rate in excess of 40% and that give him control over El Al. Subject to the state's decision, the issuance of the recommendations is said to be conditional on the PA's...

349 corona patients are hospitalized in serious condition and the number of respirators is 97. Data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday morning show that 1,801 new corona patients were diagnosed yesterday and by midnight 270 new infections were diagnosed, including a 22-day-old baby diagnosed at Poria Hospital in Tiberias. Yesterday, results of 22,396 tests were obtained. The death toll from the plague stands at 554 people - a jump of eight from yesterday. From Poria Hospital it was reported that in the morning a 22-day-old baby was hospitalized with a temperature of 38 degrees....

A huge explosion shook the port area of ​​Beirut, Lebanon. The country's health minister told local media that more than 50 people were killed in the blast, at least 3,000 were injured - and many more are still trapped under the rubble. Testimonies from those present at the scene of the explosion, which was felt even in Cyprus, indicate that this is an event of a magnitude that has not been seen for years in Lebanon. Hospitals are collapsing under congestion, and many injured are receiving medical treatment on the streets. "The firefighters who were called to the scene simply disappeared...

Israel, whose response to the corona virus epidemic was initially considered a success story, especially compared to the way the epidemic was dealt with by countries like the United States, has lost its initial advantage and even worse. On Tuesday, Israel "surpassed" the United States in terms of the number of people infected with the corona virus per million people, for the first time since the end of March. At the end of May, the average weekly number of infected people in Israel was close to zero, while in the United States at that time it was about 80. Since then, the average number...

The Knesset plenum approved on second and third reading the economic assistance program - a one-time grant for each resident. According to the approved plan, every resident over the age of 18 will be entitled to a grant of NIS 750, and an additional grant of NIS 500 for each child up to the fourth child in the family. Starting with the fifth child, a grant of NIS 300 will be received for each additional child. Earlier, Social Security announced that if the law passes today, on Sunday the grants will be transferred only to parents of children under the age of 18, and later the rest of the...

The Prime Minister succeeded in bringing about the removal of the chairwoman of the Corona Committee in the Knesset, MK Yifat Shasha Bitton. This is because it did not align itself with the government's decisions and approved the easing contrary to Netanyahu's opinion. Reminds you of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that democracy is not his strong suit? After a stormy faction meeting, shouts and exchanges between MKs and Likud ministers over a breach of coalition discipline - including a vote on the law banning conversion therapy - the sanctions came on Tuesday. Coalition Chairman Miki...

Although the "per citizen" grant program has been approved by the government and will be submitted to the Knesset for approval today, it turns out that hundreds of thousands of eligible people will probably have to wait to receive the money for several weeks or even more. The reason: the difficulty of the Social Security which is responsible for distributing the grants in locating their bank accounts. The National Insurance Institute currently has only the bank account data of 5.1 million eligible for the grant, out of the six million eligible. Therefore, it will be possible to transfer...