As closure extended until Sunday, Israeli leaders say a few more days are needed to establish that infections are indeed falling

Daily tally nears 2,000 mark cited as threshold below which lockdown can start being eased; only 5.4% of tests positive, weeks after figure reached 15%

Parents of soldiers on Base 80, where over 100 people have contracted COVID-19, complain of unsanitary, unsafe conditions that allowed the disease to spread freely

Nano team at the Technion says it can check molecules one by one, meaning labs won’t need to spend hours ‘amplifying’ samples to generate more material for analysis

Ichilov tells Health Ministry other hospitals need to help pick up slack; medical center's deputy director says 'the struggle is not political'

Figures show 3-week lockdown is working; 8 cities account for 40% of confirmed cases, 6 of them are home to major Haredi population centers

US president's doctor, still refusing to disclose whether boss has tested negative, says he is no longer a transmission risk

As president restarts campaign events, medical officials say there is 'chain of unknowns' in assessing whether he is no longer a danger to his surroundings

As coronavirus task force nears full operations, senior officer says it was recently forced to focus on only the most recent cases, as daily totals far surpassed its capabilities

Of the 46,350 checks done Wednesday, just 8.9% came back showing infection, matching a figure not seen for last three weeks; death toll remains at 1,824