AFP tally finds highest daily increases in new coronavirus cases since late May, with much of the rise attributed to the Delta variant

Travel to Spain likely to be barred from next week, and those returning from there will need to quarantine; Cyprus, Turkey also flagged by health officials

If approved, guests at large indoor events will be required to present a vaccination certificate or a negative test; health officials said to feel step insufficient

Infections appear to plateau; top health official Sharon Alroy-Preis gets health minister's support after report suggests education minister seeking her ouster

Demonstrators unhappy with government orders obliging health workers to get inoculated and bringing vaccine health pass to most public places

World Health Organization says fatalities climbed for the first time after nine weeks of decline; infections up by 10%

Ministers presented with predictions that serious COVID-19 cases could hit 1,000 in five weeks' time; patterns of serious illness similar to previous waves

Age also a major factor in immune response, according to study, which could lead to targeted treatment based on biological sex

PM says Israel can avert another closure if rules heeded, urges Israelis to cancel trips abroad, blames renewed outbreak on the previous government's 'serious neglect'

Salman Zarka, a Bedouin professor, is already on COVID-19 advisory panel; he served in IDF for 25 years and oversaw field hospital that treated Syrian civil war wounded