Positive test level hits 2.8% and transmission rate at 1.06; health minister backs opening schools for all grades, but says other eased restrictions would then have to wait

Israel has now signed deals for enough vaccines to inoculate entire population -- but the time of their arrival remains an open question

Renewed closure of schools amid rise in new COVID-19 cases doesn't affect New York private schools, which have their own criteria for managing the coronavirus

De Blasio 'distraught at having to take this action,' fearing effect on tens of thousands who rely on schools for a hot meal, health workers, first responders with no childcare