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Israeli company Simbionix, the simulator division of 3D Systems Corporation, which specializes in the development of manufacturing of medical simulators, including ultra-sound, has harnessed its capabilities to help fight COVID-19. Simbionix has developed a unique training module for diagnosing COVID-19 with a lung pulmonary. Developed in collaboration with medical teams across the globe and Israel, including Dr. Lior Fuchs, member of Ben Gurion University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and senior physician at the Intensive Internal Care Unit at the Soroka University Medical Center, and Dr....

After about a year and a half of an unprecedented crisis and three election campaigns, Israel will soon have a government: The Likud and Blue Blue on Monday signed an agreement to form a rotating government that should include 32 ministers - the largest ever. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will remain in office for a year and a half, followed by his replacement for another one and a half years. The Labor Party will also join. Sources on her right say: "Netanyahu shows us the way out." The main summaries on how the government will be conducted: * The government will be equal and so will...

68% of Jewish workers are confident that they will return to work at the end of the Corona crisis, compared to 42% among Arab workers, according to a survey by the Israeli Democracy Institute. The survey was conducted the week before Passover, between March 29 and April 2, among a representative sample of the working population in Israel. The survey was initiated, drafted and analyzed by the Center for Governance and Economics at the Israeli Institute of Democracy, assisted and methodologically supervised by the Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Studies, when field sampling was...

The government approved Wednesday a resolution on the operation of fireworks and laser shows in preparation for the Independence Day to be held this year under a general closure, in an attempt to prevent the wave of infection in Corona. According to the decision, in a local authority with more than 20,000 residents, two fireworks operating centers will be operated, with maximum dispersal of the operating sites in the authority, to prevent congregation. In addition, the authorities must, in every possible way, inform the residents of the prohibition on reaching the operating centers as well...

A new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis will enable more patients, including ones with serious conditions, to attain remission. a significant improvement of their health and day to day performance The treatment has been studied on 5,000 patients throughout the world including Israel.The patients who participated in the study reported quick improvement in their pain sensation, physical performance, level of fatigue, ability to work and general quality of life. The treatment has been included in the national health basket services for 2020 and will be available to patients in all the...

PM Netanyahu will hold a hearing on the operation of the education system at noon. The Ministry of Health wants to resume activity according to the morbidity data so that educational frameworks are not opened in areas with a high infection rate. The government last night repealed the ban on staying more than five hundred yards away from home during sporting activities The resolution will only take effect after Independence Day, Thursday at 8 am. On Independence Day, thousands of police will enforce the closure and erect checkpoints on exits from the cities. Police will not allow meals and...

Positive data in the fight against coronary proliferation: Decrease in the number of patients in difficult condition. The youngest of them, an 11-year-old Elad girl who is enrolled in Rambam Hospital, is still in serious condition - but the hospital said her condition has improved, and she has even recovered from the virus. The number of people who died of the virus rose to 208, including six in the past day. The number of recoverers from Corona is 7,375. 117 of the patients are in serious condition, compared with 129 yesterday morning. The number of breaths has also dropped, but smaller -...

Israel is celebrating 72nd Independence Day, which this year has been marked in homes rather than on streets and entertainment venues, because of regulations designed to prevent the spread of the Corona virus. The beacon lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl was held without crowds and without the flagship exchange of IDF troops. As a result of the stringent holiday regulations, the businesses that opened in recent days, as did the supermarkets. The traffic on the roads has been greatly reduced due to the prohibition of traveling between cities. At 17:00, the special regulations for the...

The Bat Yam Labor Court will hold a crucial hearing on Thursday for the airline. The tribunal will have to decide whether El Al can withdraw NIS 115 million from its employees' pension fund, as the company's fund - whose operations are almost completely disabled - is depleted. The amount is needed by God on interim financing until government assistance is granted - a $ 400 million state guarantee loan that has not yet been approved. The Histadrut - contrary to its position in the past and contrary to the position of workers who oppose the appeal - supports El Al's request. A Histadrut...

Another huge acquisition for Intel in Israel: The company signed a deal with Moovit on Monday. The public transport travel app, with 775 million users worldwide, operates in 45 languages, in 3100 cities located in 102 countries. The value of the transaction is estimated at $ 1 billion. In its early years, Moovit focused on free end-user service, but in recent years its business model has expanded. As part of the new model, Mobit offers its various cities and authorities technology as an infrastructure through which they can map and improve their public transport systems.