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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...

In a discussion held on Thursday between representatives of the HMOs and the Ministry of Health on the subject of corona vaccines, the representatives of the HMOs were surprised to discover that vaccine doses are expected to arrive in Israel in a much larger amount than initially expected. According to the information received by the HMOs, the vaccines in the first delivery will arrive in two beats and in each beat two million vaccine doses will be received. The shipment may arrive in Israel as early as the end of December or the beginning of January. Following the vaccination campaign...

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...

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

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 huge improvement in the state budget data continues, along with increased activity in the economy - which has been open for seven months since the third closure. Although the state budget in August was again in deficit, the deficit is shrinking from month to month. In August, the deficit amounted to only NI 1.2%S 1.1 billion. The decrease in the cumulative deficit in August alone is the largest in all the 2000s - a decrease of to a level of 8%. In June, the budget deficit was 10% and in July 9.2%. Senior officials in the Ministry of Finance explained in the briefing on the budget data...

Snow fell tonight in the northern and central mountains and in Jerusalem. The capital was painted white and the access roads to it - one, four-four-three and the tunnel road - were blocked. There will be no studies in Jerusalem today. At several points in the east of the city and in Beit Safafa, stones were thrown at the leveling vessels. The light rail and police vehicles were also stoned. Police arrested twenty-two suspects. Due to the storm, no studies will be held today in Mevaseret Zion, the northern Golan Heights, Safed, Kiryat Arba and the Gush Etzion Regional Council

The Ministry of Health announced today (Tuesday) that starting tomorrow, HMO insured persons aged 50 and over will be able to be vaccinated against the corona virus. The ministry said that the health funds should be contacted to schedule an appointment for the vaccine. Lowering the age of those allowed to be vaccinated comes at the same time as the teaching staff vaccination campaign that began today. 39,678 people were vaccinated against the virus yesterday, and so far 1.9 million Israelis have been vaccinated. Data from the Ministry of Health show that 73% of citizens over the age of 60...

Ben & Jerry's announcement almost a year ago that it would no longer sell ice cream in alleged "occupied Palestinian territories" continues to provoke outrage, as it finds itself a target. Ben & Jerry's initial announcement caused a large number of state pension funds and other sources to get rid of the company while devaluing its investment potential. According to some estimates, Unilever lost about 8% of its value of more than $ 4 billion in the six days following the Israeli announcement. It is unclear whether the argument will have weight in court. Unilever acquired Ben & Jerry's in...

At the Alon headquarters in the Home Front Command, efforts are being expanded to curb the corona virus, in light of the recent outbreaks of the Delta strain across the country. "The increase in morbidity is abnormal compared to what we expected," says a senior official at the headquarters, "because it is not just in children." He stressed that the headquarters is conducting "aggressive operations", which include sending epidemiological investigations and sampling to each outbreak point, and even increasing the number of investigators by about 500. However, for now there is no intention to...