Officials say tests should be taken 3 days after encounter with confirmed person, include mouth swab; ministry chief: Even if you only have a runny nose, stay home

Previously healthy 43-year-old man who received a booster shot in August hospitalized at Tel Hashomer in intensive care unit; doctors call it a 'worrying development'

Poll shows negative view of government handling of Omicron; minister says 'public isn't with us'; ailing restaurateurs fume as Liberman says 'all businesses in excellent shape'

Bennett says kids, teaching staff to receive 3 kits each; ministry allows food stores to sell tests, lawmakers discuss price caps to address price gouging fears

Military says number of confirmed coronavirus cases quadrupled to nearly 2,000 in the past week, may shorten quarantine to avoid manpower shortage

Bennett praises 'exceptional response' to the rollout of booster program for the most vulnerable

Founding ToI editor David Horovitz weighs in on coronavirus and death of 4-year-old by stray bullet, as US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses interview with new envoy Asaf Zamir

Professor says variant combines characteristics of the two strains, but will probably be replaced by dominant Omicron mutation

Positive test rate up to 11.71% -- highest since October 2020 -- as 17,521 new cases diagnosed on Saturday; over 500 hospitalized

Under guidelines adopted amid Omicron surge, the vaccination rate of each class will no longer determine if kids study in-person or remotely