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Bennett says he aims to protect from fresh outbreaks with 'minimum violation of routine,' appoints Roni Numa to handle airport policy; Herzliya, Kfar Saba turn 'yellow'

Officials also said to be weighing whether to ask coronavirus cabinet to require non-vaccinated people to provide a negative test result before entering certain venues

Matt Hancock says he let down the British public after image leaked of him kissing colleague; PM Johnson says he's 'sorry' to receive resignation

Jay Kleiman was staying at his childhood home after high school friend died after contracting virus 2 days before due to get vaccine; is now missing along with his mom and brother

Experts warn that immunization campaigns are in a race against time to contain the new strain of the pandemic that is taking over the world

Ministers reportedly lean toward no new restrictions so long as serious cases remain low; health officials believe vaccine provides strong protection against severe illness

No stranger to danger while reporting, Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times’s South Asia bureau chief, talks about the challenges and horrors of covering a deadly pandemic

Citing rise in positive test rate, Nachman Ash warns the spread of COVID is accelerating, but says Israel doesn't appear to be facing another wave of morbidity

Education Minister accuses Health Ministry of exaggerating latest outbreak to cause hysteria; coronavirus czar says indoor face-covering requirement could return before Sunday