Though cabinet ordered all arrivals isolated at gov't facilities, only some 12% said to actually go; passengers report pandemonium upon landing: 'Nothing prepared in advance'

One paper shows body retains high level of memory B cells for lengthy period; two others examining statistics indicate reinfection chances very low for at least half a year

Day before Israel enters its third national lockdown, Health Ministry says over 74,000 people got their first shots on Thursday

Palestinians celebrate holiday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus with marching bands and other events, but there, and around the world, streets are empty and moods are sombre

Clalit vaccine chief says army to send in medics to help out; hopes that immunization fever will spread to Palestinian parts of Jerusalem as well

PM asserts that lockdown, combined with vaccination campaign, can make Israel the 1st country to overcome coronavirus crisis

Multiple reports indicate concern new, more transmissible coronavirus variant from Britain is widely dispersed, as Health Ministry confirms 5th case

Gov't scraps plan to cap studies for grades 1-4, 11-12, which was reportedly meant to encourage ‘a sense of lockdown' in population; 40 suspected cases of virus mutation said found

Natan Sharansky, recipient of the $1 million prize in 2019, funded competition of tech companies with 'most promising' innovations to fight the pandemic

Since testing positive last Thursday, Macron managed affairs from an official residence near Paris during his self-isolation