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The Ministry of Health updated tonight (Saturday) that 4,595 people have been diagnosed with Corona in the past day. Thus, the number of infected people in Israel since the outbreak of the epidemic rose to 721,759. Yesterday, results were obtained for 75,587 tests, of which 6.8% were found positive. 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 61,920. The hospitals house 1,534 patients, of whom 315 are respirators and 1,002 are seriously ill. Currently, 5,340 people have died from the corona...

The Corona Cabinet has approved the updated traffic light index, according to which studies will be able to resume in cities defined as "bright orange" from next Tuesday. The localities where more studies are open are Gush Etzion, Gan Yavne, Ganei Tikva, Yokneam Illit, Kfar Yona, Mevaseret Zion, Ma'ale Adumim, Nahariya, Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Rehovot and Ramat Gan. They will also be able to reopen their studies in the settlements of Yakir and Peduel in Samaria, Mevo Horon in Mateh Binyamin, and in Sde Nehemia in the Upper Galilee. In Eilat, the municipality announced that the institutions...

Following the anger of the US administration and the official complaint forwarded to the Israeli government - US airlines will participate in the US flight schedule. The arrangement that has been found is that the three companies that operate on the line, United, Delta and El Al, will operate a schedule that will be divided between the three: every day a different company will operate a flight on the line from the US to Tel Aviv. However, Delta and United will be allowed to board passengers on flights departing from Tel Aviv every day. As part of the division of the flight schedule, Delta...

The Manufacturers' Association issued a legal opinion on Monday evening to all employers affiliated with it, according to which the employer is allowed to force an employee to be vaccinated or tested on a daily basis, and even to expel an employee to the Knesset if he chooses not to do so. 'Specializing in labor law, may apply to about 400 thousand workers directly employed by industrialists from the association.

Many areas in Israel have been painted white, and in the high areas of Jerusalem the snow has piled up to a height of 2 cm. Snowflakes have been falling in the capital in recent hours, and according to the forecast, snow is expected to increase tonight. In Jerusalem and all the intercity lines to and from it as well as the light rail activity. In the evening, it also started to snow in Mitzpe Ramon. In the north, the snow piled up in some localities to a height of about 40 cm. Kerem Ben Zimra and Dalton. A resident of Mitzpe Ramon, Effie Perry, said following the snow that "the excitement...

The highest unemployment rate in the corona period was recorded among ultra-Orthodox men in most months of the crisis, according to a report by the Labor Market in Israel 2020 published today (Thursday) by the Ministry of Labor and Welfare. The report also shows that women were significantly more affected than men during the three closures. The average unemployment rate in the corona period, from March to December 2020, averaged 16%, more than four times higher than in the pre-crisis period. The rate between closures (July-August 2020) was about 10% and reflects to some extent the economic...

This coming Sunday, classes will be resumed in grades 5-6 as well as 11-12 in green, yellow and orange cities where more than 70% are vaccinated, but 7th-10th graders will continue to be at home - at least until March 7, 11 Days before the beginning of the Passover holiday. Teachers, parents, children and educators from all over the country harshly criticized the decision that remained: "Opening malls and commerce before the education system symbolizes the importance of the education system and Israeli students in the eyes of the political echelon. Shame and disgrace." Ahead of tonight's...

The Ministry of Health this evening released data showing that 14 days after receiving the second vaccine, the data are even higher than in Pfizer's initial study. Corona vaccines in Israel have been found to be very effective in preventing illness, with an emphasis on serious illness, hospitalization and mortality - this evening (Saturday) increased the effectiveness of the vaccines performed by the Department of Epidemiology in the Ministry of Health. According to the results of the test, which was conducted until the previous weekend, there is an efficiency of 95.8% in preventing all...

The Ministry of Health has been discussing in recent days the possibility of imposing severe restrictions on the coming Purim, in order to prevent a renewed increase in morbidity, which has been declining significantly in recent days. Meanwhile, many people took advantage of the trade opening yesterday to buy costumes for Purim - and toy stores have long queues ahead of the holiday, which will begin on Thursday evening. At this stage, the Ministry of Health has not yet formulated a decision regarding restrictions on Purim, with one option being to impose a night curfew to prevent...

32-year-old woman in advanced pregnancy died after being infected with Corona, Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem announced on Sunday morning. The doctors were unable to save the fetus. The woman, in the 30th week of her pregnancy, was hospitalized due to breathing difficulties at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Tuesday, and her condition was defined as serious. Tonight her condition deteriorated into a multi-system failure. A team of experts was called to the scene, and began lengthy resuscitation attempts as well as a caesarean section in order to save the fetus, but the attempts failed...