Health Ministry seeks to boost figure tenfold, but that would still pale in comparison to US, UK and Germany

As number of diagnosed cases continues to surge, nurses tasked with following up on those who may have been exposed are unable to keep pace

Tests indicate G4 strain of pig-carried H1N1 may have already infected 4.4% of general population, but no evidence yet of human-to-human transmission

Without enough people showing symptoms of COVID-19 to get tested, authorities plan to roll out randomized sampling in high-risk areas to get clearer picture of spread of virus

Reports of discharged patients testing positive for coronavirus believed to be connected to testing errors or unresolved cases

British study contends that 4% of infected people in their forties require hospitalization, and double that among those in their fifties

Israeli developers working on applications to track spread of COVID-19, while country's largest hospital makes strides with telemedicine to protect staff

Prof Yehuda Carmeli on how exactly the virus is transmitted, why it's so contagious, whether Israel has the right strategy, how long we'll be fighting it... and how many will die

Finding by Johns Hopkins epidemiologist based on early transmission patterns in Wuhan, China, backs widely-used 14-day quarantine period for those who may have contracted the virus

Many have already left Jewish state following new measures, and hundreds of remaining visitors will leave Monday after many were forced to spend the night at the airport