Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis:

COVID-19 never left

The head of public health services at the Ministry of Health commented on the 'return' of COVID-19, saying, 'The disease never left us, although morbidity levels are low due to the vaccine.'

Violence against doctors

Doctors to strike Thursday & Friday

Dr. Alroy-Preis blames "social media free-for-all on COVID for this unrestrained madness."

Health Min. official: 'People are threatening my children'

'There were concrete threats, including threats to murder my children,' Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis says.

Public Health Chief:

'We are managing COVID and continuing with our lives'

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis, Head of Israel's public health services, speaks about the pandemic and the serious outbreak of polio in Israel.

Top official: 'No reason to close schools'

'From the moment we had the coronavirus vaccines, there's no reason to close schools,' Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis says.

Health Min. losing control: 'I don't know how many new cases'

'Obvious that when you take shortcuts you'll let someone who is still contagious out of quarantine,' Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis says.

Health officials believe:

One in three Israelis will get COVID-19

Ministry of Health believes millions of Israelis will be infected with COVID-19 in coming weeks as Omicron cases increase.

Finance Minister: 'No place to limit number of people'

'No place to limit gatherings, it takes us straight to the world of compensation,' Finance Min. Liberman says.

Health Minister: If you don't want long COVID, get vaccinated'

Health Min. Nitzan Horowitz warns Omicron 'gaining amazing speed,' pace of vaccinations is 'insufficient.'

Omicron variant:

Mortality doubles in S. Africa where new variant first found

Head of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Alray-Price: Variant has 38 mutations in spike protein, precisely in areas we're concerned about.

Leading Doctor: COVID infects the brain, vaccinate your children

Dr. Meir Preis, director of the Institute of Hematology at Carmel Medical Center, calls on parents not to listen to 'charlatans and liars.'

Top health official: We may be on the verge of a fifth wave

Head of public health services expresses concern over increase in COVID-19 cases.

Top health official: Nearly 90% of COVID cases are unvaccinated

'Rise in coronavirus infections is due to public's actions, most new cases are in unvaccinated people,' head of Public Health Services says.

Activist attacks public health chief: "She works for Pfizer"

"Dr. Sharon Elrai Price is not objective, she is an employee of the Pfizer company that produces the vaccines." Woman cut off by cmte chair.

Public health chief:

'No plans to force parents to vaccinate their children'

Israel's public health chief calls for maximum transparency on risk of COVID for kids. '206 kids were in critical condition, 11 died.'

Comedian, top health official cursed during live Facebook chat

Comedian Nadav Abuksis and Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis cursed and insulted by viewers during chat on vaccines.

Top health official on death threats: My children are scared

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis: I support vaccinating children. In any case the children's vaccines won't arrive for another few weeks.

Police to probe threats against top health official

Police launch an investigation after head of public health services is threatened on social media.

Top health official: There are no plans for a holiday lockdown

Head of Public Health Services denies that health officials are pushing for holiday lockdown: We have to live with the virus.

Top health official: The coronavirus is still here

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis disputes Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s assertion that Israel has overcome the coronavirus pandemic.

'More died during peace with Dubai than during war with them'

Health Ministry's Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis concerned over flights to UAE which have contributed to rise in virus cases in Israel.

'The vaccination operation is amazing'

Head of Health Ministry's public health services division, to Arutz Sheva: Going into lockdown now will put us in a better place later.