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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 The government last night repealed the ban on staying more than five hundred yards away from home during sporting activities The resolution will only take effect after Independence Day, Thursday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.

Full exit strategy from the crisis: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has recorded "great achievement" in the fight against the spread of the Corona virus. During a press conference held in his Jerusalem office, Netanyahu on Monday presented a series of countries where the proportion of patients and the dead is relatively higher than in Israel, noting that "Israel's achievements serve as a model for many countries." At the outset, Netanyahu said: "Our response to the Corona crisis, the global crisis, is unabated. We are not letting go of the effort to overcome the virus that...

43 people have been diagnosed as positive for the Corona virus in the last day. This is according to the Ministry of Health data released on Tuesday evening. This represents an increase of 0.26%. Since Saturday night, only 104 new patients have been diagnosed. It has been over a week that the daily growth rate does not exceed one percent. 5,586 people are now defined as active patients, and 10,465 have recovered. In the last day, there was also a 4% increase in the number of recoverers. 91 of the patients are in a difficult situation - only one patient increase compared to yesterday....

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) data released on March, a 19.1% increase in food chain revenue was recorded. . The sharp rise in food chains has led to an increase of 4.1% in March in all marketing chains. It can be estimated that most of the increase was achieved from the contribution of food and pharmacy chains, since apart from most of these areas, most of the retail activity was disabled with the closure of shopping malls and street shops, following the Ministry of Health's guidelines. A quarterly analysis shows that in January-March, there was an increase of 2.2%...

The Treasury has circulated a memorandum of law that will increase spending in the face of the Corona crisis by NIS 15.6 billion. The same extension is intended to fund the grants to encourage NIS 6 billion in employment, which was agreed to be distributed as a result of the retail chains' protest as well as the establishment of a dedicated loan fund for risk-averse businesses that were refused by the banks. The fund will receive a larger state guarantee and will provide NIS 5 billion in loans. According to the Accountant General's Budget Report, NIS 20 billion has been paid to date in the...