Coronavirus

Police tighten enforcement of quarantine rules

Police now making 4000 home visits per day to check on those self-isolating. Parents of children violating rules to be fined.

153 Houston hospital employees quit or resign over COVID vaccine

Employees at Houston Methodist hospital fired or resign after failing to comply with orders to get a COVID-19 vaccination.

'We can't say we are in control of the outbreak'

Health Ministry officials warn even people who have been vaccinated or recovered can be infected with new COVID strain.

Government to form new Coronavirus Cabinet

Ministers to form new cabinet to enact COVID policy as Israel faces spread of Indian variant.

PM eyes new mask mandate, ban on entry of tourists to Israel

Prime Minister Bennett convenes meeting to weigh on possible new restrictions aimed at combating new variants of the coronavirus.

New COVID rules

Israelis traveling to high-risk countries face NIS 5000 fine

Six countries are currently off-limits: Russia, India, Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, and Brazil.

Other nations keen on getting Israel vaccines after PA reneges

After the P.A. insisted on 'renegotiating' vaccine sharing deal, other nations were quick to react, expressing interest in the offer.

Iran’s President-elect promises rapid vaccination

Ebrahim Raisi vows his government will start rapid COVID-19 vaccinations in the country.

US won't meet its COVID vaccine goal by July 4

White House COVID coordinator concedes government won't meet its goal of administering vaccines to 70 percent of adults by July 4.

Bennett: We are facing a new outbreak - don't go abroad

PM addresses spread of more contagious Delta variant, recommends people wear masks indoors again.

New COVID testing facility to be set up at Ben Gurion Airport

Testing facility to administer hundreds of tests at airport as Israel grapples with outbreak of Delta Variant.

Report: Health Ministry eyeing mask mandate for summer school

Ministry weighing return of mask mandate in schools, as broader plans for renewed mask requirement under consideration.

Fines to be imposed on travelers to high-risk countries

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz announces increased enforcement at Ben Gurion Airport against people traveling to countries defined as red.

India: Infections down as free vaccination underway

With Corona infections killing hundreds of thousands in the impoverished nation, authorities hope a new vaccination campaign eases the pain.

Brazilians calling for President's removal as virus deaths surge

Brazil is second only to the United States, with over 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths.

Health Ministry recommends vaccinating children aged 12-15

As morbidity rises among children and data shows vaccine to be safe, Ministry recommends lowering age of vaccine recipients.

Senior Chinese official allegedly flees to US, confirms lab-leak

A high-ranking Chinese official reportedly fled to the US, providing Washington evidence the Wuhan Lab was responsible for leaking COVID-19.

Masks making a return? Latest COVID outbreak has people on edge

A new outbreak in two local schools has Israeli officials considering bringing back at least part of the COVID-19 restrictions.

Are we on the way to lockdown? Drive-thru testing is back

COVID Czar admits latest outbreaks have yet to be contained.

168 Covid-19 carriers entered Israel in last month alone

60% of confirmed cases had been vaccinated against coronavirus.

Coronavirus Czar: We may need to reimpose restrictions

Top COVID official urges parents to vaccinate children ages 12-15, warns that restrictions on public activity might be reimposed.

'Time for PA leaders to focus on helping their people'

Former envoy Dennis Ross criticizes PA leadership for refusing to accept COVID-19 vaccine doses from Israel.

Fines and enforcement: Bennett holds discussion on COVID-19

PM approves increased enforcement of the isolation of returnees from abroad.

Will Israel reimpose mask mandate?

Health Ministry reportedly planning to push government to reimpose mask mandate in schools and possibly in all public indoor areas.

Latest conspiracy theory: Vaccine creates magnetic field

The latest CV-19 vaccination conspiracy theory went viral after a doctor at an Ohio legislature session claimed vaccine has special powers.

Watch: As COVID takes hold, India on verge of natural disaster?

The 2nd outbreak of the Covid crisis is presenting a new environmental threat for the already-volatile Ganges River in India.

Covid-19: Health Ministry orders even vaccinated to isolate

Case identified in Beit She'an is woman who recently traveled to Dubai. Fears of partially vaccine-resistant Indian mutation mount.

PA criticized for accepting vaccines from Israel

Political officials demand establishment of commission to probe Israel-PA COVID-19 vaccine deal.

Chinese defector reveals COVID-19 origins

A Chinese official has defected to the USA, and in doing so has brought to light troubling information on the coronavirus.

Fear of Indian variant as COVID outbreak strikes school

45 students at school in Binyamina contract COVID. Health Ministry says family which returned from abroad connected to outbreak.

Biden urges unvaccinated Americans to get COVID-19 vaccine

Biden: The best way to protect yourself from COVID-19 variants is to get fully vaccinated.

PA cancels COVID-19 vaccine deal with Israel

PA cancels agreement to receive doses of Pfizer vaccine from Israel due to the fact that many of them are due to expire.

Israel to transfer vaccines to PA

Israel and the Palestinian Authority have come to an agreement to send additional vaccines to the PA.

Global COVID-19 death toll passes four million

The top five countries by total number of deaths represent about 50% of all deaths in the world.

Israel student Visas potentially in jeopardy following fraud

According to the Amudim organization, more than 30 people tried to fraud their way to Israel and caused problems for other applicants

How did Diaspora communities survive Covid-19?

Arutz Sheva talks with Rabbi Shalom Axelrod of Young Israel of Woodmere and Rabbi Jaron Engelmayer, Chief Rabbi of Vienna.

Watch: Returning to the Synagogues - Special online conference

Arutz Sheva hosts online conference as diaspora Jewish communities return to synagogues which were locked down in wake of Covid-19

Study: Low pre-infection vitamin D linked to more severe Covid

Bar-Ilan U, Galilee Medical Center researchers find association of low pre-infection vitamin D levels with more severe Covid-19 infection.

Dubai placed on list of COVID-19 red countries

Ministry of Health announces that the UAE will be added to the list of countries with a large number of COVID-19 cases.

As vaccine passports expire, how will passengers travel abroad?

New pass will include all relevant coronavirus information on vaccinations, recovery etc.

Biden's former aide: Americans should have 'sacrificed more'

Fox News calls out Biden's former aide Andy Slavitt for saying Americans should have 'sacrificed more' during pandemic.

Nearly all restrictions lifted as infection rate nears zero

As of Wednesday, almost all remaining COVID restrictions have been lifted with almost no new virus cases to report.

Federal judge in Texas rejects challenge to vaccine mandate

Judge throws out lawsuit challenging Houston hospital's requirement that workers be vaccinated - then rips comparison to Nazi Germany.

US COVID-19 death toll surpasses 600,000

The rate of severe illness and death has fallen dramatically, but hundreds of people are still dying daily.

New York lifts almost all COVID restrictions

Governor Andrew Cuomo announces end to non-federal COVID restrictions as 70% of New Yorkers are vaccinated.

Post-COVID return to synagogues: The women's angle

Panel discussion with Orly Goldklang of Makor Rishon and Ofra Lax from B'Sheva on how it will feel to once again pray indoors.

Alternative to COVID vaccine fails in key test

Efforts to develop vaccine-free COVID treatment face setback as antibody therapy fails to protect from infection, according to trials.

11 schoolchildren infected with coronavirus

In Modi'in, 11 students are diagnosed with coronavirus, sending 140 students into quarantine.

Congresswoman apologizes for COVID-Holocaust comparison

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene tours US Holocaust Memorial Museum, apologizes for likening coronavirus protections to the Holocaust.

Obligation to wear masks indoors abolished as of Tuesday

Director General of Health Ministry signs order that officially abolishes obligation to wear masks indoors.

Breaking report: Proof Wuhan Lab hid data on bat experiments

New footage reveals Wuhan Institute kept live bats & data shows more than 15,000 experimental files 'disappeared' when virus surfaced.

Brazil's President fined after failing to wear mask in public

Jair Bolsonaro fined for failure to wear a mask after leading thousands of motorcyclist supporters through the streets of Sao Paulo.

FDA: Millions of J&J vaccines from troubled plant can't be used

FDA informs Johnson & Johnson that millions of vaccine doses produced at troubled Baltimore plant can't be used due to contamination issues.

Foreign national arrested for forging recovery documents

Man locks himself in bathroom to avoid arrest and interrogation, court extends arrest by three days.

Pfizer to test vaccine in larger group of children under age 12

The study will enroll up to 4,500 children at more than 90 clinical sites in the United States, Finland, Poland and Spain.

Philly restaurant offering language classes, cryptocurrency

As COVID restrictions are lifted in the U.S., businesses are looking for creative ways of attracting customers - and employees.

Israel begins vaccinating children

Mass vaccination drive underway in Israel for children 12-15 years of age to ensure continuation of herd immunity.

Less than 40 coronavirus patients in serious condition

For the first time in several months, number of first doses of coronavirus vaccine administered exceeds number of second doses.

Report: Mask mandate to remain in force in schools

Israel's coronavirus directorate decides to back plan to end mask mandate - except for schoolchildren.

Austrian Chancellor thanks Netanyahu for COVID-19 warning

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz thanks PM Netanyahu for alerting him to the dangers of COVID-19, prompting him to take swift action.