Last week, YWN reported that Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz arranged with El Al for the national airline to fly over a thousand Israelis stranded in Peru back to Israel free of charge. Four El Al flights carrying 1,100 young Israelis from Peru landed at Ben Gurion Airport on Friday. On one of the planes, […]

Aryeh Even, z’l, 88, Israel’s first fatality from the coronavirus, was prepared for burial at the Shamgar funeral home on Motzei Shabbos. In a video taken by the Chevra Kadisha of Yerushalayim, the Chevra Kadisha members are seen wearing protective gear covering them from head to toe, removing the body from the vehicle and bringing […]

The leading physician in Kiryas Yoel, Dr. Zelenko, released a public video a short while ago, where he reported some good news. He says the drug he has been giving coronavirus patients is seeing good results, with no one hospitalized or ending up on a respirator. The drug was announced by President Trump last week […]

The leading physician in Kiryas Yoel, Dr. Zelenko, released a video where he says that he is seeing a tremendous positive results from the drug that President Trump announced last week “Hydroxychloroquine” to be used to treat COVID-19 victims. WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW STAY UPDATED WITH BREAKING UPDATES FROM YWN VIA WHATSAPP – SIGN UP NOW Just click on this link, and you will be placed into a group.

As Klal Yisroel is gripped by the Coronavirus pandemic, world-renounced photographer Moshe David Yarmish did something incredible.
In a short conversation he had with YWN he said he felt that “Klal Yisroel needed a distraction”, and released the incredible footage of the Posek Hador, Hagaon HaRav Moshe Feinstein.

Boro Park Hatzolah has sent out an urgent message to local residents.
Hatzolah Coordinator Chaim Fisher pleads with community who seems to be ignoring all warnings about the dangers of the Coronavirus.
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“The images from Italy are difficult to look at but the reports are even more difficult to hear,” a Kan News report said.

Cuomo vs DeBlasio – who is right? New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there are no plans to quarantine New York City, despite rumors and fears. “We hear New York City is going to quarantine itself — that is not true,” Cuomo said at a news conference, adding that cities would need to get state approval to make such orders. Earlier today, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he is “absolutely considering” ordering the city’s residents to shelter in place during the coronavirus pandemic. “Right now we have taken a series of steps to reduce the number of people who are circulating around,” he said.

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Motzei Shabbos that Israel is beginning a partial shutdown beginning on Sunday for five weeks included a ban of gatherings of over 10 people. Furthermore, simcha halls, among other venues, were to be shuttered by Sunday morning, which means that any family who has a wedding scheduled for the next five weeks has to cancel the wedding. Many Chareidi families who were supposed to hold a wedding this week decided to quickly prepare a wedding to be held overnight Motzei Shabbos before the new restrictions went into effect at 7 a.m. on Sunday morning. These hastily prepared weddings were of course still subject to the ban of gatherings of over 100 people.