There are 529 Israelis who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus as of Thursday, the Health Ministry announced. Six patients are in critical condition, 13 are in moderate condition and 12 have recovered.   

The Israeli Mossad brought 100,000 coronavirus testing kits into Israel overnight Wednesday from abroad and are planning on bringing in another 4 million test kits in the near future, a Channel 12 News report said.

Malky Giniger’s Ratzon Music Program has been teaching Girls and Women of all ages Voice, Dance, Drama, etc.

First lady Melania Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci will take part in public service messages aimed at informing Americans about how to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus.
The White House said Wednesday it’s joining with major media companies, digital platforms and the Ad Council to share “accurate and timely information directly to the American people” about social distancing, hygiene and mental health.

A hospitalized lawyer from a New York City suburb connected to one of the earliest U.S. coronavirus clusters is improving and talking to his family via FaceTime.
Adina Lewis Garbuz posted on Facebook that her husband, Lawrence Garbuz, is “awake and alert and seems to be on the road to full recovery.” He had been in serious condition at a New York City hospital earlier this month.

“The images from Italy are difficult to look at but the reports are even more difficult to hear,” a Kan News report said.

In Ohio, more than 48,000 people applied for jobless benefits during the first two days of this week. The tally during the same period the prior week: just 1,825.
In neighboring Pennsylvania, about 70,000 people sought unemployment aid in a single day — six times the total for the entire previous week.

Rav Yisrael Lieberman, a Chabad shaliach in Hong Kong, explained in a video why in a city of almost 7.5 million people, there are only 181 (140 at the time of the video) people diagnosed with the coronavirus  a month and a half after the outbreak began. Furthermore, 70 patients have already recovered and returned home. Rabbi Lieberman says that the reason for this is very simple. The residents of Hong Kong completely adhere to the instructions of the government, something he’s witnessed many times in the years he’s been living there. “It’s unbelievable.

The Jewish community in Mexico, numbering about 40,000 people, is very worried about the rise of coronavirus cases in the Jewish community, Kikar H’Shabbos reported. There are 11 members of the Jewish community who have been diagnosed with the virus, with one hospitalized in serious condition, out of 93 cases in the entire country. Harav Shlomo Tawil, the Rav of Mexico, is considering closing the country’s shuls as the government has not issued clear directives regarding the coronavirus. “It’s a high percentage compared to the number of cases in the country,” a community member told Kikar.

In accordance with the instructions of the Health Ministry as a result of the spread of the coronavirus, the mayors who operate the “Shabbos buses” – public transportation on Shabbos – announced that the buses are canceled until further notice, Kikar H’Shabbos reported. The initiative began four months ago but has currently come to a halt due to the Health Ministry’s directives to Israelis to avoid leaving their homes unless absolutely necessary. Public transportation in general has been reduced and there will be no public transportation from Thursday night at 8 p.m. until Sunday morning. On weekdays, buses will stop running at 8 p.m. 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.