Ifi Reporter

Commissioner for the Fight against Corona Prof. Roni Gamzo said that 40% of the new nationals in recent days are ultra-Orthodox - and that there is a disturbing increase in the number of ultra-Orthodox patients over 60. In a briefing to the media on Thursday, , And hopes that in the coming days it will be possible to see the consequences of the closure that began already on Rosh Hashanah. "We woke up this morning with 9,000 verified cases," Gamzo said in his opening remarks, which were made in the background of the jump to 32 deaths a day. The number of victims today stands at 1,571 people...

Even on the night between Thursday and Friday, despite the law restricting demonstrations, protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continue across the country. More than a thousand people are demonstrating in Tel Aviv. They marched at the end of the protest in Dizengoff and Habima squares. Police said it was an illegal move and 12 were arrested. At one point, a car driver ran over one of the brains and fled the scene. The wounded woman was treated by MDA. Police blocked the protesters on the street George Eliot. The vehicle that hit the demonstrator in Tel Aviv first stopped...

Cabinet ministers confirmed tonight in regulations that it would be forbidden to enter another person’s place of residence including accommodation inside a sukkah during the full closure. The government has imposed a fine of NIS 500 on those who violate this provision. At the same time, government ministers approved in a telephone poll the extension of regulations restricting stay in public space and restricting activity by 14 days. Thus, the regulations that were supposed to expire tomorrow will be extended until October 14 - three days longer than stipulated in the government decision on...

Severe increase in unemployment and the number of unemployed in the background of the second closure and intentions to extend it until the end of October: From the last report of the Employment Service yesterday until this morning at 7:00, 14,723 new jobseekers were registered. A total of 909,460 jobseekers are currently registered with the employment service, of which 572,908 are on unpaid leave. Since September 17, 2020, the day before New Year's Eve and the entry of restrictions, 178,020 jobseekers have been registered with the Employment Service - 162,858 of them due to leaving the...

The Research Division of the Bank of Israel examined the extent of the impact of the closure and the epidemic on the Israeli economy. What damage will be done to such a long-term locksmith economy? According to Prof. Michel Strawczynski, director of the research division at the Bank of Israel and a member of the Monetary Committee, the direct cost is about NIS 9 billion per week of closure. This means that the continuation of the closure in its current format for 90 days will cost the economy more than NIS 115 billion. The Bank of Israel's Research Division conducted a preliminary analysis...

The Ministry of Finance, the Histadrut and the presidents of employers and businesses in Israel have reached agreements on how to pay for the days of isolation. According to the agreement, the isolation days have been reduced from the employee's sick days quota and the payment for the days will be as provided by law. The employee will bear the cost of the first two days and the state and employers will share the cost of the remaining days, so that at the end of the day the total cost will be divided between the employee, the state and the employer. In order to complete the agreement...

The Supervisor of Banks has approved an extension and further expansion of the comprehensive outline for deferring payments on bank loans. On May 7, 2020, the Supervisor formulated an outline, adopted by the banking system, that allows customers to defer loan payments in three operating segments: mortgages, consumer credit and business credit. The goal is to continue to assist customers in dealing with the cash flow difficulties following the consequences of the crisis, while managing risk wisely and responsibly, the Supervisor of Banks announced on 13.7.2020 the extension and expansion of...

The number of tests performed on Yom Kippur was, as expected, very low, but the data when it came out are far from encouraging: on Monday evening, the number of corona patients with a severe condition rose to a record 772 patients, and the number of respirators peaked at 209 in total. 1,507 corona patients died from the outbreak, 562 of them (37% of all deaths) - in September alone. The rate of infections in corona tests has risen gradually in recent days and in the last two days has reached more than 14%. That means one in seven tests is positive. A Ynet survey shows that in four cities...

The Knesset is expected to approve today in the second and third readings the amendment to the law that will restrict and limit demonstrations in full scale during the lock sown. According to the proposal, it will be possible to demonstrate up to a kilometer from the house, subject to maintaining a distance between the demonstrators and other Corona guidelines. Members of the Likud Knesset in the Knesset's Constitution Committee want to stipulate in the law that the restriction will be valid even in a situation of partial closure. The black flag movement held protest vigils in front of the...

The Yom Kippur fast will be marked tonight (Sunday) in the shadow of the general closure imposed by the government in favor of preventing the spread of the corona virus. About 7,000 police officers will take part in the closure enforcement operation during Yom Kippur. Most enforcement in localities where a Jewish majority is expected to focus on city centers and local gatherings on intercity roads. At the same time, the police are expected to deploy roadblocks at entrances and exits from cities and towns. Apart from that, the essential services will be provided only in the cities of...

The corona plague is far from over, and the death toll from it worldwide is already approaching one million. However, although the basic tools for curbing the plague are already known to all, governments continue to fail to address its basic treatment, says the weekly Economist, which cites Israel as an example of such failure, due to arrogance and internal struggles. An article in the weekly said that although the number of patients in Corona in the world is probably much higher than current estimates, there are reasons for optimism, whether due to the slowdown in mortality or due to the...

Jerusalem police dispersed thousands of protesters in Paris Square last night. Thousands came to Jerusalem to demonstrate against the prime minister under the auspices of the non-approval of the Corona Law which was supposed to limit the number of protesters. Thousands came to Paris Square and most maintained regulations that included wearing masks and keeping distance. The Crimean Ministerial Movement said that at a quarter to ten the police violated, without prior notice, the Supreme Court ruling and violently dismantled the public address system. During decomposition protesters hit...

The current cost of the closure is about NIS 11-12 billion," said Shira Greenberg, the chief economist at the Ministry of Finance. "This cost reflects the cost of the closure, from the day it was applied before Rosh Hashanah, when businesses were restricted to the public and the education system was closed, and includes the regulations in their current format as approved this morning until the end of Sukkot. Any extension of the closure after Sukkot The damage to the product. " Israel closed today (Friday) at 2:00 PM until Saturday, October 10. A series of restrictions will be imposed,...

The Ministry of Health updated on Friday evening that yesterday a new record of new corona virus infections was recorded, more than 8,000. According to updated data from the Ministry of Health, on Thursday 8,178 newly verified infections were diagnosed. 66,640 tests were decoded yesterday, but the rate of positive tests continues to rise and stands at 12.6%. To date, 217,899 have been diagnosed with the outbreak of the plague in Israel. The number of patients with a serious condition now stands at a record 708, and is approaching the severity threshold warned by hospitals, of 800 severe...

The government approved a uniform outline for prayers and demonstrations after Yom Kippur, as part of the general closure that will begin tomorrow at 2:00 PM and until after Simchat Torah. Until Yom Kippur, worshipers will be allowed to visit the synagogues in accordance with the directives that came into force at the beginning of the closure - according to the size of the building and in capsules - and checks will take place in order, wearing masks and adhering to social rules After Yom Kippur, the synagogues will be closed. Prayers and demonstrations will be allowed only in open space, in...

The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) publishes data for August, according to which the unemployment rate in the labor force is about 5.4%, compared with 5.1% in July. The labor force rate of employed persons who were temporarily absent from work all week for reasons related to the Corona virus, plus the unemployed stands at 9.8% (10.3% in the previous month). The proportion of non-employed people who stopped working due to dismissal or job closure from March 2020, plus the employed who were temporarily absent from work all week due to Corona virus-related causes, along with the...

For the first time since the closure was imposed, thousands of people demonstrated on Sunday evening against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Paris Square, near his residence on Balfour Street in Jerusalem. This is the 14th demonstration in a row since a protest began against the continuation of his tenure under indictments and against the background of the failures to deal with the corona plague. During the demonstration, police arrested a suspicious driver who was driving toward police checkpoints and stopped creaking as he approached police. The driver, a resident of Jerusalem in his...

The Ministry of Health and the Police announced on Friday the outline formulated by the government for holding demonstrations during the closure. According to the outline, approved by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, the demonstrators will be divided into groups of up to 20 people, will be required to demonstrate in the open air and will be required to wear a mask. The outline further states that the demonstrators "will maintain a reasonable distance between each group." According to the announcement, these rules apply from today at 14:00. Because the rules were not set as regulations...

A change in control at El Al: American yeshiva student Eli Rosenberg is expected to be the new controlling shareholder in the company, and according to his official announcement, he holds 42.9% of the company's share capital. NIS 505 million was raised in an issue that was completed recently. Because this is a public share issue in which the identity of the purchasers is still unknown, the allotment of the shares to all participants will be finally clarified later. Beyond Rosenberg's announcement, the state also participated in the IPO and is expected to become a less central shareholder...

A perishable personal device for identifying the corona of an Israeli entrepreneur last night received an emergency permit from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Visby Medical has announced that it has received approval for the company's personal and disposable PCR device, which is used for rapid detection of COVID-19 disease; The hand-sized device is capable of delivering extremely reliable results in less than 30 minutes. Visby was founded by Adam de la Zerda, who also serves as the company's CEO, a graduate of the Technion in Computer Engineering. It is reported that the first...