Cases spreading fast in Omicron bellwether UK, where some 1 in 30 of people age 70-plus had virus in one week. Israel should be concerned — but has an edge in rules and vaccines

Daily new cases continue to hover around 7,000; serious cases appear to stabilize, with 326 hospitalized in severe condition and 133 connected to ventilators

Thursday saw nearly 7,000 new daily cases; meanwhile serious cases are in decline, with only 291 on Friday

Peer-reviewed Israeli research likely to be widely noted worldwide as health authorities debate whether to administer 4th doses to the general population

Health Ministry figures show R number hits 0.92, as it continues steady climb towards 1; daily caseload up to 6,738, death toll reaches 10,405

Government decides to maintain cautious approach as Passover approaches, while not announcing any new restrictions after Bennett, Horowitz huddle with health experts

Carrie Keller-Lynn on the ground in Ukraine; Ricky Ben-David on what's at stake with Israel's oligarchs; Nathan Jeffay on a new coronavirus variant and cigarettes for kids on Purim

Variant, which combines Omicron's dominant subvariant BA.1 with newer BA.2, diagnosed at Ben Gurion Airport in 2 returning passengers, but is believed to have originated in Israel

Meeting called for Wednesday comes as China reports record cases since start of pandemic and amid recent uptick in transmission rate in Israel

Sirst ‘recombination’ variant of the coronavirus, uniting aspects of Delta and Omicron, said found in Israeli samples