Health Ministry director says list of 'red' banned countries to be canceled at midnight Thursday, predicts daily infections will top 30,000 within three days

Cabinet votes unanimously to impose the requirement amid record Omicron infections; not clear what penalty, if any, refusers might face

Condition of children with complex preexisting conditions worsened after they contracted virus; head of Soroka Medical Center pediatric unit urges all parents to vaccinate children

PM has warned Israel could see 50,000 daily cases at peak of wave driven by Omicron variant; transmission rate nears 2, signaling major outbreak

Conflicting reports as to whether officials expect manageable number of severe cases or huge jump; surging cases force reliance on potentially unreliable rapid tests

PCR tests to be reserved for those over 60 or at-risk; for everyone else, antigen tests can be done at home or at supervised locations, depending on vaccination status

Woman reportedly cleared to fly back to Israel after two-week isolation following efforts by Foreign Ministry and airline, as Beijing aims to zero cases ahead of Olympics

Record of 11,978 daily cases comes amid confusion over regulations and massive lines at testing centers; serious cases continue to rise, most of them unvaccinated

Senior emergencies officer Catherine Smallwood urges against complacency, tells AFP that as COVID-19 mutation rapidly replicates it is more likely to 'throw out' another new strain

Canadian province is currently only region of North America where Jewish community has no in-person services for foreseeable future