Health Ministry

Do arrivals from abroad actually keep quarantine?

Health Ministry admits: Supervisors visited just 42% of those who were supposed to quarantine following arrival in Israel.

Prof. Ash: 'This is not the time to travel abroad'

Health Ministry director-general admits vaccines declining in efficacy: "We have yet to understand why."

Health Minister: 'Enough playing pretend'

Health Min. Horowitz condemns criticism of Dr. Alroy-Preis as 'out of place,' says he backs Ministry professionals 'completely and totally.'

COVID-19 in Israel: 671 new cases, 1.4% positivity rate

Ministry of Health says 104 COVID-19 carriers are hospitalized, but there is a decrease in the number of patients in serious condition.

Health Ministry Director General: Holiday lockdown a possibility

Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, says a lockdown could be imposed during the high holidays.

Data shows coronavirus vaccine reduces number of serious cases

Initial Health Ministry data shows percentage of serious cases reduced by nearly half.

Health Ministry chief signs order shortening quarantine

Prof. Nachman Ash signs amendment that will make it possible to shorten the isolation to seven days subject to two negative tests.

Does Israel have the authority to recognize sex change?

The 'Choosing Family' movement asked the Ministry of Health on what grounds it feels authorized to approve sex change in Israel.

Health Minister: COVID is here to stay

"Government is taking steps to allow us to live our daily lives with coronavirus in the background."

Ministry of Health releases new travel guidelines

The guidelines include new procedures for arriving passengers and restrictions on travel to certain destinations.

Large discrepancies between COVID data from hospitals vs. govt

According to Health Ministry, there are 46 seriously ill patients in Israel's hospitals, but figures from hospitals themselves show just 27.

Prof. Barbash: Half of serious COVID-19 cases fully vaccinated

Former director-general of Health Ministry: 'We need lockdown before it's too late.'

Ex-Health Ministry Chief:

'Too many unvaccinated people, vaccinate everyone'

'If we wouldn't have had the vaccine, this would have been a catastrophe,' says former Health Ministry director, Moshe Bar Siman Tov.

Health Ministry to allow Supreme Court to rule on surrogacy

Government admits no chance of amending Surrogacy Law, requests Supreme Court rule on the issue in its place.

Health Ministry: Vaccine efficiency drops to 64%

Health Ministry tracking finds effectiveness of vaccine against infection drops to 64%, but effectiveness against hospitalization is 93%.

Third vaccine dose planned for vulnerable populations

Studies show people with underlying health issues don't have sufficient immune response to provide protection.

Israel records 210 new cases of COVID-19

This is the fifth day in a row in which Israel has recorded over 200 new cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

Health Ministry: We must return to 'green pass' system

Following spread of Indian variant of COVID, Israeli Health Ministry pushing for reinstating vaccine passport system.

Coronavirus Czar tapped to lead Israel's Health Ministry

Nachman Ash, chief of Israel's COVID efforts, appointed to head Health Ministry after current chief, Hezi Levy, announces his resignation.

Director of Israeli Health Ministry resigns

Moments before new Coronavirus Cabinet holds its first meeting, Hezi Levy announces resignation as director-general of Health Ministry.

Education Minister: COVID case numbers are being inflated

Yifat Shasha-Biton: Elements in health system perpetuating the hysteria in order to accelerate children's immunization project.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Obligation to wear masks indoors abolished as of Tuesday

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

Minister Litzman's aide arrested in bribery probe

Aide to Yaakov Litzman among suspects arrested in anti-corruption case in which gov't food warning labels were dropped in exchange for money

Police investigate suspicions of corruption in health ministry

Suspects, including current and former public servants, manager of medical company and manager of lobbying company, detained.

Probe of Meron incident finds: Ambulances blocked from entering

Ministry of Health's investigation into Meron disaster finds failures and problems in how injured were cared for.

Health Ministry threatens to close some schools

Director of public health services in the Health Ministry writes to Education Ministry demanding fast testing over Indian variant.

Government ministries weigh ending flights from India

Transportation Ministry weighing Health Ministry's demand to cease flights from India due to widescale spread & Indian coronavirus variant.

Health Ministry considers charging for coronavirus tests

Health Ministry aims to outsource coronavirus testing, may charge some Israelis for coronavirus tests.

Health Ministry finalizes repeal of mask laws

New relaxations in mask laws are coming as of Sunday.

COVID-19 Indian mutation discovered in Israel

Seven cases of the Indian mutation have been found among travellers returning to Israel from abroad.

Government approves: Schools will fully reopen on Sunday

If student tests positive for the virus, all the students in his class and the teachers will be tested before returning to school.

Health Ministry: The epidemic is fading away

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis says Health Ministry is considering removing requirement to wear masks outdoors in response to lower morbidity.

'We're not quite ready to cancel the mask requirement'

Director general of the Ministry of Health: We're not beyond the coronavirus pandemic yet. We still need to be careful.

Health Ministry: We need millions more vaccines

Health Ministry warns Israel needs millions more doses of coronavirus vaccines, contradicting claims of plenty.

After 1 month: Health Min. 'needs more time to check' vax deaths

Nakim Organization founder: "Maybe someone here can help them count? Apparently there are too many dead and they need help?"

Government approves: Jordanian foreign workers will enter Eilat

Government approves Ministry of Health's proposal to allow the entry of Jordanian foreign workers for the hotel industry in Eilat.

Electronic tracking to end soon?

Health Ministry announces cessation of electronic tracking for confirmed coronavirus cases, report says.

Schools to reopen in cities defined as 'orange'

Coronavirus Cabinet changes traffic light program so that educational institutions will also be opened in localities defined as orange.

Health Ministry employee helped forge 'Green Passports'

Health Min. employee helped members of Telegram group acquire forged 'Green Passports,' report says.

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Green Passports for the unvaccinated using rapid COVID tests

Health Ministry reportedly planning to launch program next week allowing the unvaccinated and children entry to all 'green tag' locations.

Health Ministry Chief:

'We still haven't ruled out imposing a 4th lockdown'

Top health official warns against rapid reopening of economy, says government may need to impose yet another lockdown.

Health Ministry okays vaccinations of recoverees as of Tuesday

Ministry gives HMOs go ahead to vaccinate Israelis who recovered from COVID-19 more than three months ago. They will receive one dose.

Former COVID-19 patients can get vaccinated with one dose

The health ministry has found an alternative to discarding unused COVID-19 vaccines.

Health Ministry may share information on unvaccinated Israelis

Bill allowing Health Ministry to share information on those unvaccinated against coronavirus passes second and third Knesset readings.

Health Min.: Coronavirus vaccine significantly reduces morbidity

New Health Ministry report shows Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is 98.9% effective at preventing coronavirus-related hospitalizations.

Health Ministry study: Pfizer vaccine reduces mortality by 90%

Senior Health Ministry officials work with Pfizer on study which shows high vaccine effectiveness in reducing overall infection.

Hackers impersonate Health Ministry officials to steal IDs

Large-scale phishing attack takes advantage of COVID crisis to steal victims ID numbers to use their credit cards online.

Hebrew U Family Medicine head:

'Health Ministry data were intended to cause fear'

Hebrew University Dept of Family Medicine Chairman Prof Amnon Lahad: 'I believe most of them died not from COVID-19, but with COVID-19.'

Health Ministry:

9 children died, 1,787 hospitalized since COVID outbreak

Since the outbreak began, 1,787 0-to-18-year-olds who contracted virus have been hospitalized, 100 in serious or critical condition, 9 died.

10 cases of multisystem inflammation after COVID-19 vaccine

Health Ministry to hospitals: Report to us cases of inpatients with multisystem inflammation or myocarditis occurring after vaccine.

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Health Ministry demands obligatory vaccination for some workers

Ministry reportedly proposes compensating local authorities according to level of vaccination, medical teams for encouraging vaccination.

Why isn't BAM being used to fight Covid in Israel?

Eli Lilly has FDA approval for emergency use of BAM and received Ministry of Health approval as of January 12, 2021. So where is it? Opinion

'We can only succeed together'

Health Ministry campaign targets haredi community, urging precautions alongside protective vaccination.

Netanyahu angry: 'They're not broadcasting life-saving messages'

Netanyahu attacks Channels 12 and 13 decision not to broadcast his COVID briefing tonight, asks public to view it.

Health Ministry again lets elderly morbidity tracker lapse

Health Ministry COVID morbidity/mortality tracker with statistics from nursing homes again lapses after resuming reports for only four days.