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The first shipment of corona vaccines landed on Wednesday in Israel. With the arrival of the shipment, which includes between 3,000 and 4,000 vaccines created by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein spoke at Ben-Gurion Airport. Netanyahu has stated that he will be the first Israeli citizen to be vaccinated, to serve as an example to the public. "I have served as Israeli prime minister for quite a few years, and this is one of the most exciting moments," Netanyahu said. "This is a holiday for Israel." "It is not obvious...

The Ministry of Health will update this morning (Monday) that 1,339 people have been diagnosed with Corona the past day. This increased the number of verified infections in Israel to 819,987. Yesterday, results were obtained for 27,108 tests, with the positive rate for the virus being 2.4%. The coefficient of infection has dropped to 0.76. 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 27,593. The hospitals hospitalize 995 patients, of whom 212 are respirators and 627 are seriously ill....

In March Israel moved for the first time from June to an annual deficit in the state budget that increased in April, since then the trend has been a consistent increase in the deficit. In June, the rate of the deficit in relation to GDP in the last 12 months was already 0.9%, which is NIS 15.4 billion. In June, a deficit of NIS 6.2 billion was recorded compared to a deficit of NIS 1.5 billion in May last year. This is according to the data of the Accountant General at the Treasury published today (Sunday). Since the beginning of the year, there is still a surplus of NIS 6.2 billion, which...

The number of employed persons in the economy first exceeded that recorded before the corona crisis, reaching 4.01 million. However, the employment rate stands at 59.2% - significantly lower than it was before Corona; This is probably due to the fact that the crisis of unemployment from choice in the economy continues. In addition, the number of job vacancies has broken this record for the seventh month in a row since the beginning of the survey, rising from 138,000 to 143,000. At the same time, the unemployment rate rose slightly, from 7.1% in the first half of October to 7.3% in the...

In a recent review published by the Division of the Chief Economist in the Ministry of Finance, the residential real estate market in January 2024 displayed significant signs of recovery, particularly in the segment of new apartments

About two hours after the resignation of the Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health, the Deputy Head of Public Health at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Sharon Elrai Price, gave a briefing to the media following the opening of street shops - a move she opposed - and the increase in infection in Israel. "To reach the next opening, we will need less than 500 verified corona patients a day - so there is still a long way to go." According to Dr. Elrai Price, "With the exit from the quarantine, the coefficient of infection increases. This is not surprising. We knew this was going to...

International pressure on Israel is gaining momentum. Many countries express dissatisfaction with the continuation of Israel's massive attacks in the Gaza Strip, attacks that have killed more than one hundred and seventy Israelis. President Biden has twice called on Prime Minister Netanyahu and expressed concern about the number of innocent casualties in the Gaza Strip. China and the European Union are also putting pressure on Israel to end the fighting.

The outline that is expected to prevent isolation for students in schools in green localities will only take effect on Tuesday or Wednesday. This is despite the fact that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and the Ministry of Health claimed that the pilot would begin tomorrow. The reason why the outline is expected to start only later this week - the tests required to maintain the outline have not yet reached the authorities and school principals. In order to maintain the outline, which is an extension of the "Green Class" pilot, about 920,000 antigen test kits are required for about 410,000...

The Corona Cabinet decided on Tuesday evening to impose further restrictions on the public in view of the increase in Corona morbidity, including the expansion of the green label outline. The public will be required to wear masks even in open spaces during gatherings. The list of countries from which returnees will be required to enter isolation has been expanded, even if we have been vaccinated before leaving for them. Most of the decisions will take effect next Sunday, August 8th. During the discussion, some of the ministers raised the possibility that another closure would be imposed on...

The Ministry of Transportation and the Tel Aviv Municipality have announced that the new central station in the city will continue to operate in the coming years. According to the agreement between the parties, the evacuation of the station will be completed within four years. Within about two years, about 50% of the activity at the station will be transferred to bus terminals to be built on Harash Street and on the Tel Aviv-Holon border. Sources involved in the matter doubted that the plan would actually be implemented within the defined time periods, and estimated that the activity at...