Yuli Edelstein says commerce will be first to be shut down, though most schools to remain open, if daily infections top 2,500 or transmission passes government-set benchmark

Plan recommends opening additional check-in, passport control counters; limiting the number of planes allowed to disembark at the same time; dividing passengers into groups

Document showing holder has been inoculated against coronavirus will enable skipping quarantine, access to cultural events and restaurants; may become necessary for travel abroad

Transportation, health ministries to look at ways of reducing excessive crowding of passengers as they arrive and depart

Change of policy comes as health officials warn that 10,000 Israelis returning from UAE could fan wider outbreak

FDA gives final go-ahead for nation's first inoculation in major turning point against virus; Israel expected to follow US lead on approval, has purchased millions of doses

Infections continue to trend upwards while Israel prepares for major inoculation project later this month

Coronavirus cabinet to reconvene, with Netanyahu saying he won't hesitate to roll back reopening; health officials say daily cases could reach 7,400 within three weeks

Officials ask HMOs to put together plan to administer jabs as soon as enough vaccines are available in the country

Once approved by FDA, company to supply enough shots for 3 million Israelis; Netanyahu: 'We see the light at the end of the tunnel'; Pfizer vaccines may start arriving next week