Prosecutors charge Netivot resident with 'an act that may spread a life-threatening disease' for visiting her father at hospital despite testing positive

Team backs adoption of 'simple and clear policy' for isolating those infected with COVID; advises against expanding eligibility for 4th vaccine dose

Conflicting reports as to whether officials expect manageable number of severe cases or huge jump; surging cases force reliance on potentially unreliable rapid tests

Michael Biton, chairman of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee, spent hours in the parliament on Thursday holding multiple hearings and meetings

Daily cases nearly triple in a week; PM said to warn surge may leave hospitals on verge of collapse; Pfizer pill shipment set to arrive; 1st case recorded of both COVID and flu

Approval for rapid tests only applies to those considered vaccinated or recovered as Israel seeks to ease isolation rules to avoid 'de-facto lockdown'; infection numbers rising

Reports say move comes with Omicron already spreading in Israel; officials also planning to shorten quarantine regulations amid fears hundreds of thousands will be confined

Decision driven by a surge in Omicron cases and growing evidence that people are most infectious in two days before and three days after symptoms develop

PM accuses Netanyahu of 'disregarding public health' as he heads to plenum's isolated section; strain confirmation expected to take days, by which time isolation rules may be eased

Health writer Nathan Jeffay discusses fast-approaching Omicron effects; environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at a fowl disease affecting wild and domestic birds, green successes