Bennett warns no one will completely escape impact of coronavirus tide, moves to ease isolation rules for vaccinated to prevent de facto lockdown-by-quarantine

As the year draws to a close, experts say there is hope the COVID-19 scare could begin fading soon -- but vaccine inequalities must be addressed, or new, worse variants may arise

Rules effective for 9 days limit crowding at malls, allow only Green Pass holders to enter larger stores; some classes to study remotely in high-infection areas

COVID-19 cases in the country are on the rise, with an average of nearly 190,000 new infections daily over the past seven days

Horowitz says closing skies pointless when Omicron is rapidly spreading; quarantine may be nixed for vaccinated, as current rules expected to lead to 'effective lockdown'

El Al employee tested negative twice before takeoff from Israel but then positive in Guangzhou on Thursday; Foreign Ministry aims to have her returned as early as Monday

Ministry says first shipment of Paxlovid oral medication slated to arrive in Israel in coming days, is expected to be equally effective against Omicron

List of banned destinations for Israelis will be obsolete in two weeks, government consultants say

Despite health campaign and stockpiles of belatedly available COVID-19 vaccine, inoculation rates in the Hamas-run enclave remain at 27% of population

After media reports said government considering using restrictions to push more to get shots, Mandelblit stresses only health reasons are taken into account