President Herzog gets 4th Covid vaccination from Arab Israeli nurse, warns country omicron will hit every household

The President of Israel Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog visited the Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Centre yesterday to launch its fourth COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

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“Seniors do not need to go to crowded places” – Israel offering 4th jab to over 60s and medical workers

Israel’s Health Ministry’s  Director General Prof. Nachman Ash has decided to allow a fourth dose of the vaccine to be given to all adults over 60 and medical crews who received the previous dose at least four months ago. Read more

Israel sees lowest COVID-19 positive rate since Mid-July

The fourth Coronavirus (COVID-19) wave in Israel is apparently fading away, as the country recorded the lowest COVID-19 stats in months. Read more

President Herzog: Jews around the world have interpreted COVID-19 as call for aliyah

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is being interpreted by Jews around the world as a call to come to Israel, and the Jewish state must be ready for them, President Isaac Herzog says. Read more

Bennett cautiously declarers victory over 4th COVID-19 wave in Israel

The Corona Cabinet, the ministerial committee on fighting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) headed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, met on Sunday night and lauded their supposed success in fighting the virus in Israel. Read more

Over 3 Million Israelis get 3rd booster shot

Over three million Israelis have received a third Pfizer-developed booster shot, a milestone in the country’s ongoing battle against the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more

2.4 million Israeli students return to class amid COVID-19 wave

Some 2,458,000 Israeli children from kindergarten through high school returned to class on Wednesday and began the school year, amid a high Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection rate in the country. Read more

Monte Hunters Hill COVID scare

All twenty-three residents in a separate care unit at the Montefiore Residential Care Hunters Hill have tested negative to COVID-19 following a positive test on a cleaner who had been working in the home last week. Read more

Seven hospitals warn of collapse as COVID-19 stats remain high

Doctors and nurses from seven hospitals across Israel staged a protest in front of the Ministry of Health on Sunday warning of a systemic collapse as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) numbers in Israel remained high. Read more

Secord raises Israeli approach to Covid vaccinations at NSW Parliamentary hearing

Israel’s vaccination rates and its roll-out of a third Pfizer booster jab were canvassed at a recent NSW Health budget estimates hearings by the NSW Labor Opposition. Read more

Israel passes 1 M COVID-19 cases mark

Yesterday, Israel passed the dubious landmark of one million Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases documented since the outbreak in the country, as the number of new daily cases continued to spike. Read more

Nazis, COVID protests and antisemitism

Racism in the 21st century has focussed on opposing non-white immigration into white-majority countries and calls to expel those not of European ethnicity. Read more

COVID-19 abating in Israel? Decrease in number of serious cases

The Israeli health system expressed cautious optimism over the weekend after the fast climb in the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in serious condition slowed down, apparently, the result of the third booster shot being administered to Israelis aged 40 and above. Read more

Aug-29 8pm zoom: Dr Norman Swan talks to the head of the Israel team searching for a COVID treatment

Professor Nadir Arber will talk with Dr Norman Swan about the drug he has developed to treat COVID. Read more

Dr Norman Swan talks to the head of the Israel team searching for a COVID treatment

Professor Nadir Arber will talk with Dr Norman Swan about the drug he has developed to treat COVID. Read more

A party to ignore lockdown

The Jewish Community Council of Victoria has expressed its strong disappointment in and condemns the actions of a small group of people in our community who have not followed COVID restrictions. Read more

Melbourne Jewish community suburbs listed

A number of sites in the Melbourne suburbs of Balaclava, Caulfield North and Malvern have been listed as Tier 2 exposure sites for COVID-19. Read more

‘Difficult days yet before us’: PM Bennett appeals to the public, details plan to fight COVID-19

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett published on Saturday night what he described as a “national plan to fight the Delta wave,” while warning that “difficult days are yet before us.” Read more

For the first time since February, Israel records over 5,000 daily COVID-19 cases

Israel set another dubious record during its fourth wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) when the number of new daily cases was recorded at 5,140, passing the 5,000 cases mark for the first time since the beginning of February. Read more

Israeli government unveils intricate return to school amid COVID-19 plan

Minister of Education Yifat Shasha-Bitton and Minister of Health Nitzan Horowitz submitted to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett who approved the outline formulated for Israel’s return to school amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the spiking number of infections in Israel. Read more

In last-ditch attempt to avoid lockdown, govt. decides on additional COVID-19 restrictions

The ministerial committee on fighting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) decided on a list of new restrictionsת in an attempt to stem the skyrocketing new daily COVID-19 cases and in a last-ditch attempt to prevent a countrywide lockdown, Israel’s fourth. Read more

Walt Secord’s fiancee sends vaccination message to Russian-speakers

At the beginning of the current COVID lock-down, NSW Shadow Minister for Police and Counter-Terrorism Walt Secord enlisted his Moscow-born fiancée, Julia Levitina to record a message in Russian to urge the community to get vaccinated. Read more

Israel sends Nepal vital supplies to fight COVID-19 pandemic

Israel on Wednesday sent Nepal supplies meant to help the country battle the coronavirus pandemic battering its population. The South Asian nation has recorded more than 650,000 cases of the virus so far, almost 9,300 deaths. Read more

Number of Daily COVID-19 Cases in Israel doubles in a week

The number of new daily Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Israel has more than doubled in a week, from 145 cases recorded a week ago to 345 cases recorded on Monday. Read more

Jewish House providing help during lockdown

Sydney’s Jewish House has responded swiftly to the latest COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in the Eastern Suburbs. Read more

Israel registered over 100 COVID-19 cases yesterday

Israel’s health system registered on Tuesday 128 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the country in 24 hours, the first such instance in over two months. Read more

PA denies accusations of cronyism in vaccine rollout

The Palestinian Authority has denied accusations that its vaccine rollout plan was based on cronyism and lacked transparency. Read more

Israel to reopen culture events as COVID-19 stats decline

Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein and Minister of Culture Heli Tropper announced Israel will enable the reopening of the culture world tomorrow as the country registered another decline in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) numbers. Read more

The COVID vaccine blood libel against Israel

The headline in The Guardian showed why so many people think Israel is the sum of all evil and deserving of international opprobrium. Read more

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Edelstein Meet the 500,000th person in Israel to be vaccinated

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein yesterday visited the Clalit Health Services anti-coronavirus vaccination facility at the Pais Arena in Jerusalem and met the 500,000^th person in Israel to be vaccinated. Read more