Championing it as instant, cheap and reliable, innovators at Israel’s largest hospital say their invention could become the world’s standard COVID screening method

Plane continues scheduled route after person tests positive for coronavirus during refueling stop in Ethiopia; Ashkenazi talks with Pompeo, other FMs about coronavirus fight

Israel a step closer to developing coronavirus tests that work in ‘tens of seconds,’ officer says, after finding the large population of virus-positive patients needed — in Delhi

Newly formed unit tasked with 'breaking the chain of infection' by rapidly finding COVID-19 carriers and those who may have come in contact with them

5 new deaths take toll to 531; outbreak in Bnei Brak nursing home; Health Ministry said to change rules so quarantine counts from date of test rather than receiving of results

But officials testifying at a contentious House hearing acknowledge US remains unable to deliver all COVID-19 test results within two or three days

Officials say agreements with Athens and Cyprus only a matter of time, contrary to situation in EU, which has closed its borders to Israelis for time being

Health Ministry tells Knesset it plans to end requirement for travelers from virus-free states; flights must resume, says Ben Gurion Airport chief, or Israelis should learn to swim

Testing levels typically drop significantly over weekends, but preliminary data Sunday shows fewer than 10,000 tests given; death toll hits 470

City Council members abruptly end meeting after Yohanan Weitzman shows up, despite assurances he was cleared to attend by Health Ministry