Kazakhstan authorities fine the rabbis for violating pandemic social distancing rules

Several ministers vote against rules in protest; Health Ministry to start pilot serological testing for children under 12 so as to include those with antibodies in pass system

Nitzan Horowitz says keeping 'quarantine, masks and restrictions at Ben Gurion Airport' are the only things that can prevent a new lockdown

Health officials push to reintroduce Purple Badge limits on businesses; expert: If one million eligible don't get vaccinated, Israel must choose between mass infection or lockdown

Full Green Pass will return, including for children; masks mandated outdoors in large crowds; work from home encouraged; vaccinated carers of infected young kids must quarantine

Reporters with work permits who come from 14 off-limits nations must first spend two weeks in another country before being granted entry

While health officials were worried about myocarditis among 12- to 15-year-olds, data from 200,000 monitored shows just three such cases

Access to sites for more than 100 people limited to those vaccinated against or recovered from COVID-19, or who have a negative virus test; children under 12 exempt from rules

Popular performer Matti Caspi says he won't perform after 'Green Pass' restrictions reinstated; 'I won’t cooperate with dictatorship or fascism'

Number of serious patients reaches 153, having more than doubled in a week, Health Ministry data shows