Health Ministry said planning move in order to decrease visits to overwhelmed COVID-19 testing centers; antigen results will also be good for hotel stays

No details of program immediately available; PM says patience running out for the unvaccinated; cabinet backs proposal for classmates of infected kids to avoid automatic quarantine

Guterres says 'paralysis' includes failure to tackle climate crisis, 'unchecked inequality,' tech advances 'without guardrails to protect us from its unforeseen consequences'

More than 1,400 who made Uman pilgrimage test positive amid concerns over faked documentation; testing centers congested ahead of Yom Kippur

New regulations effectively ban travel for Israelis who haven't had shot; both countries will still permit Israelis to travel if they are inoculated

Sharon Alroy-Preis says majority of patients on ventilators not inoculated, and that of the 27 patients on ECMO machines -- most of whom are under 60 -- 90% haven't had shot

Over half of new cases are among school age kids, though, and worries grow over high number of infections among pilgrims from Uman, including some trying to falsify test results

Concerns hundreds carrying coronavirus may be traveling back from Ukraine with falsified paperwork; PM vows full criminal charges against those found breaking rules

Amid rise in US coronavirus cases, president's executive order will mandate vaccination for everyone in the federal government — with no option to test out

Waiting times of up to 3 hours reported at some locations amid an apparent backlog from delays over the Rosh Hashanah holiday and a surge of fresh people seeking to be checked