JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Monday night that despite optimistic indicators showing a slowdown in the spread of coronavirus in Israel, the holiday week is still a critical period which could be crucial for maintaining the positive momentum. Netanyahu said that the government has therefore decided to place a strict lockdown […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The steep rise in coronavirus deaths appeared to be leveling off Monday in hard-hit New York, echoing a trend underway in Italy and Spain, while the crisis escalated alarmingly in Britain, where Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care after his condition deteriorated. Johnson, 55, was conscious and did […]

TEL TZIYON (VINnews) — A large family in the town of Tel Tziyon north of Jerusalem had it’s life rudely interrupted by the coronavirus. The father contracted the virus and is in serious condition. The mother, who gave birth just two weeks ago, also contracted the virus. Three of her nine children, including the infant […]

NEW YORK (THE CONVERSATION/AP) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its policy and is now advising everyone, whether or not they have symptoms of COVID-19, to cover their face with a mask or cloth covering whenever social distancing is difficult to maintain. To be clear, the CDC is not saying you […]

VIENNA (VINnews) — Austria is set to be the first country in Europe to start easing the quarantine measures adopted to contain the coronavirus, after the country reported that the growth rate of new infections was now 2.8%, after it had reached 40% in mid-March. 12,162 Austrians have contracted the virus, 220 died and 3,463 […]

PENNSYLVANIA (AP) – A second U.S. company is poised to begin a small safety test of a vaccine against the new coronavirus. Inovio Pharmaceuticals said Monday that it has Food and Drug Administration permission for the study in 40 healthy volunteers in Philadelphia and Kansas City, Missouri. The study is a first step to see […]

TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Staff at the emergency room of Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv found a way to let off steam and keep up their spirits by performing a jolly dance.  

BOSTON (AP) – The new coronavirus made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. His alarm grew as he saw an X-ray of his pneumonia-choked lungs and colleagues asked his wishes about life support while wheeling him into Massachusetts General’s intensive care unit. When they offered him a chance to help test remdesivir, […]

BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — The city of Bnei Brak, which has the highest proportion of coronavirus patients in Israel, has been cordoned off from the rest of the Greater Tel Aviv area and declared a “restricted zone”, with police patrolling the exits to the town and nobody allowed to leave or enter except for essential […]

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says the number of COVID-19 cases in the active duty force topped 1,000 over the weekend. There are a total of 1,132 confirmed cases as of Monday morning. The total was 978 on Friday. There also have been 303 cases among members of the National Guard. Among the military services, the […]