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Battling COVID: Weekly Update

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

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A Israeli woman receives a vaccination in Jerusalem, on February 15, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Stats show shunning shots 'like driving without safety belt'

From Israel with hope: Best data yet suggests vaccines will empty COVID wards

By Nathan Jeffay

Of first 1.82 million immunized, only 0.07% became virus positive, 122 were hospitalized, 23 died. If everyone had shots, we’d only need a ‘few dozen’ virus beds, says top MD

Medical professionals in full protective equipment tend to an elderly man on a ventilator in the critical care coronavirus unit at Sheba Medical center in Ramat Gan, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Vaccines in action: Over-70s now use no more ventilators than under-50s

By Nathan Jeffay

East Jerusalem residents receive COVID-19 vaccine injections in a mobile Magen David Station at the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem on February 26, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Health Ministry: In latest milestone, over 50% Israelis vaccinated with 1st dose

By AFP

from the blogs

Sivan Rahav Meir

To all the anti-vaxxers who are angry at me

If corona has taught us anything, it is the need for humanity to be humble. We have learned how limited and fragile we are.

Chezy Levy, director-general of the Health Ministry, speaks during a press conference about the coronavirus on September 17, 2020. (Flash90)

Top health official: Election fever driving government’s pandemic decisions

Despite successful vaccination campaign, Chezy Levy says fourth lockdown possible if virus cases continue to rise

People walk on Jaffa Street, in downtown Jerusalem on March 1, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ministers vote to reopen grades 7-10 and ease other restrictions from Sunday

AnalysisVote and swab? Planning unprecedented election, ballot officials get creative

By Tal Schneider

Aleeza Ben Shalom

Help us bring Koda the Kelev home to Israel

An open letter to ’The Committee,’ that suddenly informed us at the last minute that we have to leave our beloved, four-legged family member behind

Andrew Silow-Carroll

What Jewish comedians made of Michael Che’s Israel joke

It is a joke Jews and even Israelis might tell each other. But it becomes uncomfortable and even anti-Jewish when released into the wild

3 ways the coronavirus increases gender inequity

The pandemic is hitting women hard, and Israel isn’t prepared to do what it takes to level the playing field

Effie the sassy gym bubbe and her very special Hebrish

Despite her thick American accent, the immigrant grandma interviewed on TV had no problem communicating. Linguists call it translanguaging.

A woman shows her 'Green Pass' before entering a concert for vaccinated seniors, organized by the municipality of Tel Aviv, on February 24, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Israel holds its first outdoor concert, for COVID ‘green pass’ holders only

Tel Aviv kicks off return of live performances with show for city’s older residents — as long as they have been inoculated or recovered from the virus

In this June 20, 2016 file photo, the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Empress of the Seas heads out of Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Royal Caribbean to launch cruise from Israel for ‘fully vaccinated’ only

Israelis shows their "green pass" (proof of being fully vaccinated against the coronavirus) before entering the Green Pass concert for vaccinated seniors, organised by the municipality of Tel Aviv, on February 24, 2021. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Following Israel, EU to propose vaccine ‘green pass’

By AFP

Palestinian workers enter Israel through the Mitar checkpoint in the West Bank city of Hebron, on May 5, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Israel to vaccinate over 120,000 Palestinian workers

By Aaron Boxerman

Shots will be administered in next few days by Israeli healthcare workers at border crossings and industrial zones in West Bank; contagion in West Bank hits new highs

East Jerusalemites receive COVID-19 vaccine injections at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem Old City on February 26, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

In East Jerusalem, vaccine turnout climbs — but lags behind infection rates

By Aaron Boxerman

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh at a press conference in Ramallah, February 27, 2021 (WAFA)

PA to close schools, partially lock down West Bank as cases double in two weeks

By Aaron Boxerman

Ben Gurion Airport stands nearly empty, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Amid outrage over COVID entry ban, Israel may let all citizens fly home to vote

By TOI staff and Raoul Wootliff

Regev says cabinet will consider scrapping controversial permits system for Israelis wanting to either leave or return, which critics say is politically influenced, undemocratic

Ultra-Orthodox Israelis at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, on January 25, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Gantz, opposition scrutinize claim Haredim let into Israel while secular denied

By Tal Schneider and TOI staff

The empty arrival hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on February 3, 2021 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israel’s entry ban on citizens ‘unparalleled in democratic world,’ watchdog says

By Raoul Wootliff

Tel Aviv kicks off the return of live performances with a concert by singer Nurit Galron for the city’s older residents in Ganei Yehoshua park, February 24, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

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A man presents his Green Pass, proof that he is vaccinated against the coronavirus, on opening night at the Khan Theater for a performance where all guests were required to show proof of vaccination or full recovery from the virus, in Jerusalem, February 23, 2021. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)

AnalysisDebuting vaccine passes, Israel once again leads world — into an ethical pickle

By Laurie Kellman

An Israeli man receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a mobile Magen David Adom vaccination station at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on February 22, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel to begin vaccinating recovered COVID patients

A paramedic from Magen David Adom medical services, administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to a woman at an Ikea store in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Feb. 22, 2021 (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Knesset passes law to give cities info on unvaccinated residents

By TOI staff and Stuart Winer

Meretz MK says bill is too quick to hand over medical, personal data; Likud committee head pushes back, says saving lives trumps privacy

A protester apparently compares Israel's green vaccination certification to the Nazi laws forcing Jews to wear yellow stars in Tel Aviv, on February 15, 2021 (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

Antivaxxers liken vaccine green passes to yellow star

A man in a protective mask passes another man talking on his mobile phone at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, December 23, 2020. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)

High Court limits Shin Bet coronavirus surveillance to those who won’t cooperate

from the blogs

What to do about unmasked El Al passengers? Put a cop on board

Non-compliance on flights is dangerous, immoral and illegal – police should be enforcing the law where it’s most needed

Yoga practice with Yoga Synagogue Ah!, a new community founded by Laura Gilinski (center, mauve shirt) during the coronavirus pandemic (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

From tempeh to yoga, pandemic downtime fuels cottage industry boom

By Jessica Steinberg

Ben Gurion Airport stands nearly empty, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Ministers to debate plan to reopen airport ahead of elections

Netanyahu creates interministerial task force to hammer out proposal to gradually ease restrictions on international travel, following 5-week shutdown of Ben Gurion Airport

Illustrative. Three pilots stand in front of an F-16 fighter jet as it takes off from the Israeli Air Force's 117th Squadron, which was closed on September 30, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

Air force pilots sent to train in US removed from return flight due to entry ban

Illustrative: The departure hall at the almost empty Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on January 25, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

2 families to be deported after forging permits to fly to Israel

Consumers and workers at a clothing store at a shopping center in the city of Beersheba, southern Israel, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)

Employers face legal terra incognita with vaccinated and unvaccinated workers

By Shoshanna Solomon

A worker at an israeli logistics center where coronavirus vaccines are stored and distributed, on January 7, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Study: Vaccine saved Israel elderly from full force of UK strain in nick of time

By Nathan Jeffay

Research shows extra-infectious virus variant has proven 45% more transmissible in country, but vaccination halted its rise among at-risk populations, saving ‘many’ lives

Moti Kahana on a plane from Dubai to New Jersey in february 28, 2021. (Courtesy Moti Kahana)

Stuck abroad, philanthropist hatches a modern Exodus to bring Israelis back home

By Tal Schneider

People wearing costumes celebrate Purim at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, February 26, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Masks of all kinds: Scenes from a pandemic Purim across the world

By JTA

More Headlines

Illustrative: Palestinian medics unpack Moderna COVID-19 vaccines and supplies that are designated for front-line medical workers, at the health ministry, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, February 3, 2021. The Palestinian Authority has administered its first known coronavirus vaccinations after receiving several thousands of doses of the Moderna vaccine from Israel. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

AG: Ministers should have say in transfers of vaccines to other countries

Yarin Sherf, suspected of raping 13-year-old girl at a quarantine hotel, is seen on a screen via a video link during a court hearing at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, March 1, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Court extends remand of suspect in rape of 13-year-old at state-run COVID hotel

By Stuart Winer

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on February 25, 2021, examining wages at large profitable corporations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Sanders lauds Israeli health officials for pushing to vaccinate Palestinians

Frontier Airlines is facing accusations of anti-Semitism after videos circulated online on February 28, 2021 of the airline kicking a Hasidic family off the flight because a toddler was not wearing a mask (Screenshot/Twitter)

Frontier accused of kicking Hasidic family off flight due to unmasked toddler

Medical staff work at the COVID-19 isolation ward of Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba on September 9, 2020. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Fetus infected with COVID-19 dies in womb, in 2nd such case in Israel

Illustrative: Multinational peacekeepers participate in a casualty evacuation training exercise during their nine-month rotation in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, January 22, 2016. (Sgt. William Tanner, 2d Cavalry Regiment, US military)

Israel to provide COVID vaccines to peacekeeping force in Sinai — report

By TOI staff and Agencies

Staff Sgt. Yonatan Granot, killed by an apparent accidental discharge from another serviceman’s weapon in the Jordan Valley (Courtesy)

Lungs of soldier killed by accidental gunshot transplanted to COVID patient

A Syrian worker disinfects a street to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Damascus, Syria, August 3, 2020. (SANA via AP)

Syria gets vaccines from ‘friendly country’ after Israel said to pay for doses

Spirulina tablets and powder (Alexlky via iStock via Getty Images)

Algae extract may avert severe COVID deterioration, say Israeli researchers

By Nathan Jeffay

A healthcare worker prepares a shot of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in the Negev's main Bedouin town of Rahat, on February 17, 2021. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)

With mere 2% vaccinated, unrecognized Bedouin villages are an Israeli blind spot

By AFP and TOI staff

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