Also, starting Tuesday, noncitizens will be allowed to take an antigen test instead of a PCR before boarding incoming flight, as remaining virus regulations are further scaled back

Israelis have been subject to requirement for all but 10 days since April 2020; will still be required at hospitals, senior living facilities, planes

Move must still be okayed by Knesset; comes after US judge struck down mask rule on public transit; Israelis have been subject to requirement for all but 10 days since April 2020

Normally one of the world's largest religious gatherings, it had been scaled down to several thousand in recent years; only vaccinated people under 65 allowed to attend

Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis maintains that restrictions need to remain for now due to still-high daily infection count; credits vaccine with decline in serious illnesses and death

Nachman Ash says no new measures are planned for Passover; transmission rate and number of serious cases falling, though Israel still seeing 10,000 new daily cases

Force doesn't identify any of those penalized; prime minister's office says it will reveal if the PM himself is slapped with a fine

As the pandemic achieves some normalcy in North America after two years, Asia’s ‘zero COVID’ countries are in their third year -- and a new wave

Officials said concerned of outbreak during Passover holiday; daily cases on course to surpass 30,000 next week; first case of BA.3 Omicron strain identified in country

State to offer financial incentives to HMOs, which will contact those age 60-plus who have yet to receive three doses, deploy mobile clinics and offer at-home inoculations to some