Agreement looks to facilitate entry of Israeli cyber firms to Asian markets and help Korean firms with US market exposure

Initiative to offer funding of up to $5.3 million per joint project over a duration of between two to four years

Agreement brokered with South Korea will see Israel receive vaccines in September-November in exchange for doses set to expire at end of this month

Under agreement with Seoul, Israel to send doses that will expire by end of month and receive a similar number in return at end of year from existing South Korean deal with Pfizer

Plane from Seoul also carries some 50,000 personal protective suits for Israeli medical staff

As Israel scrambles to purchase the reagents necessary for the chemical analyses, government makes deal with South Korea to supply some, but still far less than what is needed

China reports lowest daily number of fatalities in 3 weeks, all in Hubei province epicenter; Japan plays down assertion by International Olympic Committee that games in danger

Diagnosis adds weight to possibility that group of South Korean tourists may already have been infected when they were in Israel

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

Health minister recommends against travel to Italy, says not afraid to enforce quarantines; president, currently visiting Australia, to keep itinerary unchanged