7.8% positive test rate is lowest since January 16, Health Ministry figures show; however, data indicates outbreak still not abating in non-Haredi areas

Association writes to deputy health minister, arguing that movement between Israel and West Bank creates COVID risk; move can be funded by tax paid by employers, employees

Preschools, grades 1-4, 11-12 resume in low-to-medium infection zones after over a month; minister says commerce to reopen only in 2 weeks, with businesses threatening revolt

After ramping up efforts to curb COVID-19 misinformation, social media bans 12,000-member group associated with Amnon Yitzhak

Initiative by city hall and hospital aims to help Israel 'vaccinate everybody within the nation’s borders'

Amid concerns of low vaccination rates in city's eastern sector, Moshe Lion tells local leaders that residents who aren't inoculated may be prevented from entering some places

Move includes banning groups that repeatedly spread misinformation and debunked claims about coronavirus and vaccines

Proposals include sending health workers to offices of major companies, bonuses for convincing members of public to vaccinate; firms offer cash, mull bans on those without shots

Human tests to begin 'in coming days,' while Islamic Republic struggles with Mideast's deadliest coronavirus outbreak, totaling over 58,500 dead out of over 1.4 million infections

Cabinet to reconvene again, with education minister demanding resumption of classes in low-infection towns; shuttered malls and restaurants threaten revolt