NEW YORK (VINnews) — As reported by VINnews this past Thursday, Torah Umesorah had released a statement encouraging Yeshivos to remain open in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic. Today, Torah Umesorah sent out an updated statement, seemingly encouraging Yeshivos to close. The statement reads as follows: Monday, March 16, 2020 STATEMENT FROM VAAD ROSHEI […]

TELZSTONE (VINnews) — With eight known cases of corona virus and more than 1000 people (close to a third of the population) in isolation after having contact with infected persons, Telzstone is turning out to be a nightmare for health ministry officials attempting to curb the contagious virus. The infected persons include an entire family […]

NEW JERSEY (VINnews) — As reported last night on VINnews, Agudas Yisroel of New Jersey sent an email out to New Jersey Yeshivos to notify them of impending school closures that would include Yeshivos. This prediction turned into reality on Monday. NJ Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Twitter that all schools across New Jersey must […]

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine Monday — leading off a worldwide hunt for protection even as the pandemic surges. With a careful jab in a healthy volunteer’s arm, scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute in Seattle begin […]

CONNECTICUT (VINnews) – A man in Connecticut unable to visit his wife inside a nursing home amid a coronavirus quarantine stood outside her window holding a large sign to wish her a happy 67th wedding anniversary. Last Monday, the state of Connecticut’s department of public health restricted visits to all nursing homes amid concerns about […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders sought in Sunday’s Democratic debate to cast themselves as best-positioned to lead the nation through a global pandemic, with Biden pledging to deploy the military to help with recovery efforts and Sanders using the crisis to pitch his long-sought overhaul of the country’s […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The official leading Iran’s response to the new coronavirus acknowledged Sunday that the pandemic could overwhelm health facilities in his country, which is battling the worst outbreak in the Middle East while under heavy U.S. sanctions. Iran’s Health Ministry reported another 113 deaths, bringing the country’s total death toll to 724, […]

ATLANTA (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending that gatherings of 50 people or more in US be canceled or postponed over the next eight weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic. The dramatic recommendation Sunday night came Americans struggled to come to terms with how to change their daily habits. […]

PARIS (JTA) – The president of the Jewish community of the French region of Alsace and of the city of Strasbourg, Maurice Dahan, is infected with the coronavirus and is in serious condition in the hospital, the Zichron Menachem organization posted on Facebook. D ahan is the head of the French branch of the Israeli […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is putting in place new measures starting Monday to protect President Donald Trump and his staff during the coronavirus outbreak, including taking the temperature of anyone who enters the complex, from visitors to members of the press corps. This would expand on screenings the White House began on Saturday […]