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Battling COVID: Weekly Update

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks with reporters at the White House, in Washington, January 21, 2021 (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Interview

Fauci to ToI: Israeli vaccine effort ‘a model for rest of the world’

Top US infectious disease expert says Israel’s socialized health system eases distribution; urges PM not to let guard down if he chooses to declare victory once enough inoculated

An Israeli 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, Feb. 22, 2021 (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Bill to give info on unvaccinated residents to cities faces final Knesset votes

By Stuart Winer and TOI staff

Health union warns legislation will undermine trust in municipalities; labor union, businesses said close to deal on banning unvaccinated going in to work

A health worker administers the COVID-19 vaccine to an Israeli at a bar in Tel Aviv on February 18, 2021. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Reporter's NotebookCare for a shot with your shot? Tel Aviv sets up vaccine station at local bar

By Simona Weinglass

COVID-19 vaccines in Safed on February 14, 2021 (David Cohen/Flash90)

No side effects seen in dozens of Israeli kids vaccinated due to risk factors

Vertigo dance troupe is one of first Israeli troupes to schedule a performance of their work 'Shape On Us,' following Israel's third lockdown, at the Jerusalem Theater in March 21, 2021. (Courtesy, Yoel Levy)

After 11-month hiatus, Israeli cultural events come roaring back, cautiously

By Jessica Steinberg

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-host Michael Che on February 20, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)

SNL under fire after actor jokes that Israel only vaccinating Jews

Weekend Update co-host Michael Che accused of anti-Semitism following crack that while Jewish state boasts vaccinating half its citizens, only the ‘Jewish half’ got the shot

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-host Michael Che on February 20, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)

Health minister: SNL gag that Israel only vaccinating Jews is ‘anti-Semitic lie’

By TOI staff and Jacob Magid

BlogMichael Che’s SNL joke: Not funny, not factual, definitely hurtful

By Alan Edelstein

Israeli medical teams administer the coronavirus vaccine to Palestinians at the Qalandia checkpoint on Feb. 23, 2021 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel starts vaccinating its East Jerusalem residents beyond security barrier

Vaccination station set up at key Qalandiya crossing point for Palestinians holding Israeli residency

Former Palestinian health minister Jawad al-Tibi receives a shot of the COVID-19 Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine, in Gaza City, Febuary 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas launches Gaza Strip’s coronavirus vaccination drive

By Agencies and TOI staff

20,000 coronavirus vaccines donated by the United Arab Emirates arrive in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, February 21, 2021 (screenshot: Al-Ghad TV)

Arranged by Abbas rival, 20,000 vaccine doses donated by UAE arrive in Gaza

By Aaron Boxerman

People swim at the Holmes Place health club in Modiin on February 21, 2021, after it was opened for people who have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID-19 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Israelis pack sports venues, malls as country loosens 2-month lockdown

Shoppers largely adhere to health guidelines, though some fail to maintain social distancing; virus czar warns not to ‘behave however you want’; transmission rate falls to 0.79

Jewish ultra-Orthodox young men search for costumes ahead the holiday of Purim in the city center of Jerusalem on February 22, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Virus transmission rate rises as ministers set to debate Purim restrictions

Illustrative: Fifth-graders return to school in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on February 21, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Mayors push plan to reopen all school grades by March 1; health minister opposed

A health worker of the Maccabi Healthcare Services administers a dose of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine to a woman inside a van in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, on February 16, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Vaccine prevents 98.9% of COVID deaths, Israel’s Health Ministry data shows

Officials hail ‘dramatically’ effective Pfizer shots; two weeks after second dose, vaccine also 99.2% protective against serious illness, reduces chance of hospitalization by 98.9%

In this Feb. 4, 2021 photo, Israelis receive a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from medical professionals at a coronavirus vaccination center set up in a shopping mall parking lot in Givatayim (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Israeli study: 75% protection from 1st Pfizer vaccine dose, so okay to delay 2nd

By Nathan Jeffay

Tyson Foods team members receive COVID-19 vaccines from health officials at the Joslin, Illinois facility, February 19, 2021. (John Konstantaras/AP Images for Tyson Foods)

US study suggests efficacy of 1st Pfizer, Moderna shot increases with time

Take the mask off!

For Purim this year, I’d like to dress up as myself in the ’before:’ before masks and distancing and limited Jewish community events. Before COVID-19.

Shifra Dukes Livne

Israel’s quarantine hotels gone wrong

Meet some of the law-abiding Israeli citizens who are suffering the human rights violation of being locked up in a controlled facility against their will

Osnat Ben Shitrit. (Instagram)

Pregnant 32-year-old woman and her fetus die of COVID at Jerusalem hospital

By Nathan Jeffay

Expert says case ‘raises a red flag’ regarding dangers of coronavirus to pregnant women, especially the now-dominant British variant; 30-week pregnant woman had not been vaccinated

Shaare Zedek hospital team member wearing safety gear help a pregnant woman at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on February 3, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Death of mother, fetus highlights sharp rise in COVID infections among pregnant

Osnat Ben Shitrit (Instagram)

Family of pregnant woman who died of COVID say she was wary of getting vaccine

Conservation work carried out at the Western Wall, Jerusalem (Yaniv Berman/Israel Antiquities Authority)

Healing the stones

Western Wall gets own health injections in latest preservation work

Experts use syringes to fill fissures in boulders at holy site, while being careful not to upset the ecosystem of plants and birds who’ve made homes there

An illustration by Nasus Pharma, makers of the Taffix spray, showing the novel coronavirus entering the nasal cavity. (Screenshot)

Study: Israeli-made anti-COVID nasal spray reduced infection at mass gathering

In trial amid Rosh Hashanah prayers in ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, just 2 out of 83 people who were given the spray contracted virus

A bus in the UK, protected with the Aura Air filters (Courtesy)

As COVID turns indoors toxic, purification startup sells a breath of fresh air

By Jake Epstein

A researcher places drops of coronavirus suspension on sterile surfaces prior to ozone exposure. (Tel Aviv University)

Israeli study: Earth-protecting ozone gas effective at killing coronavirus

By Stuart Winer

The Daily Briefing

Times of Israel Podcast

PODCAST: Daily Briefing, Feb. 22 — Coronavirus stats, successes and sadnesses

Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today

A patient (L) is watched by a medical assistant as she spits into a test tube for a COVID-19 saliva test on a roving bus in Saint-Etienne, France, on February 22, 2021. (Jean-Philippe Ksiazek/AFP)

New COVID cases worldwide down by half since early January — WHO

By TOI staff and AFP

United Hatzalah medics in Nahariya take a Holocaust survivor to the beach, after a trip to a vaccination center. (Courtesy of United Hatzalah)

EMT group pushes to get Holocaust survivors out of the house and vaccinated

By Nathan Jeffay

United Hatzalah and Claims Conference reaching out to 20,000 homebound, offering to arrange a shot appointment and transport, often with a scenic stop along the way

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

Entry to Israel set to be limited to just 200 citizens a day next week

In this Jan. 9, 2021, file photo, transporters Miguel Lopez, right, Noe Meza move a body of a COVID-19 patient to a morgue at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

US passes grim milestone of 500,000 COVID deaths, more than toll of 3 wars

Biden, Harris call for minute of silence to commemorate victims; deaths continue to mount even as cases decline and vaccination program is ramped up

From left, President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff, bow their heads during a ceremony to honor the 500,000 Americans that died from COVID-19, at the White House, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden mourns 500,000 Americans dead from COVID as he balances grief and hope

By Jonathan Lemire and Josh Boak

Israelis receives a Covid-19 vaccine injection at a Covid-19 mobile vaccine station on the beach in Tel Aviv, February 20, 2021 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Health Ministry: Recovered COVID patients should get single vaccine shot

Recommendation comes on heels of study indicating one dose could be 75 percent effective

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a gym on Saturday, February 20, to urge vaccinated Israelis to use a 'Green Pass' to access sports and culture as Israel begins reopening (PMO/Amos Ben Gershon)

‘Green Pass’ site crashes even as Netanyahu urges Israel to adopt reopening plan

People wearing face masks take cover from rain at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, on February 19, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

65,000 Israelis miss quarantine due to Health Ministry ‘computer glitch’

More Headlines

Illustrative: Cabins at Camp Tawonga, a Jewish summer camp in North California. (Courtesy of Camp Tawonga)

NY summer camps can likely reopen this year, Cuomo says

A medical worker at a drive-through site to collect samples for coronavirus testing in the northern Israeli city of Safed on February 8, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)

A vaccine-defiant Israeli mutation wouldn’t be surprising, ex-virus czar warns

By Nathan Jeffay

Anis Naccache, a Lebanese pro-Palestinian former terrorist notorious for his role in the 1975 OPEC hostage-taking in Vienna and the attempted assassination near Paris of Iran's former premier, during a demonstration outside the French embassy in the capital Beirut, April 30, 2010. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)

Former Fatah terrorist who recruited Hezbollah’s Mughniyeh dies of COVID-19

81-year-old Effie Hertzke, in an interview with Channel 12 news, February 21, 2021. (Screenshot/Facebook)

Grandma's gunsGreat-grandma flexes for camera, hits on news anchor as gyms reopen

A man at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on January 10, 2021, during a third nationawide coronavirus lockdown. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Pandemic-battered Israeli economy contracts 2.4% in 2020

The study hall of Beth Medrash Govoha, the central yeshiva of Lakewood, New Jersey, before the COVID-19 pandemic. (www.bmg.edu via JTA)

Flagship New Jersey yeshiva cancels Purim celebrations due to pandemic

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

PowerBall Workspace, Ness Ziona (Courtesy)

Startup survey shows hybrid office/remote work model set to continue

By Shoshanna Solomon

Danny Biton, father of famous Israeli singer Eyal Golan, at the District Court in Tel Aviv on April 29, 2015. (Flash90)

Father of singer Eyal Golan, convicted of sexual offenses, dies of COVID-19

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