Testing rates ramp up as deputy health minister says Hanukkah curfew still on the table

Sharon Alroy-Preis says rising coronavirus infections expected to climb further with easing of restrictions; Health Ministry chief pushes back, says situation not yet urgent

PM claims 'we are on our way out of the pandemic,' says there will be plentiful supply of 'millions' of shots with no logistic limitations

Five-stage proposal, which has yet to be confirmed, would reportedly see teachers, prisoners, pregnant women and babies receive shot before general population

Health Ministry reportedly adds Gulf nation to list, at Foreign Ministry's behest; travelers from Bahrain also exempted from self-isolation

Panel's decision to go into effect Saturday morning and last for five days; closures for two more Arab Israeli towns, Qalansawe and Buq'ata, also extended for another week

Managers of shopping centers have complained of discrimination as many other stores and commercial sites have returned to business

Director-general of health ministry says return of restrictions likely if infection rate climbs, as malls threaten to reopen despite prohibition

Positive infection rate rises to 2.3% despite lower weekend testing; Health Ministry director-general confirms outbreak is growing with rate of infection per person now at 1.0

Positive test rates among ultra-Orthodox down nearly half, but still double the national average; health officials warn it is still too early to resume education in Haredi areas