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coronavirus testing
Instant COVID-19 breath test as precise as swab test, Israeli company says
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TOI staff
Tel Aviv-based Scentech Medical is in second stage of trials and awaiting FDA approval for test with 98% accuracy
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January 23, 2021, 9:07 am
Israel expected to raise COVID fines, place fresh limits on air travel
TV report: Travelers to country will need negative test before flying; HMOs set to begin vaccinating 16-18-year-olds, so that matriculation exams can go ahead
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TOI staff
January 15, 2021, 11:30 am
Instant COVID-19 breath test as precise as swab test, Israeli company says
Tel Aviv-based Scentech Medical is in second stage of trials and awaiting FDA approval for test with 98% accuracy
By
TOI staff
January 12, 2021, 10:04 pm
Technion rolls out home-made coronavirus spit tests on campus
As Israel’s third wave rages, university says swift saliva checks it developed can help prevent outbreaks in dorms and allow school to reopen when lockdown ends
By
Nathan Jeffay
December 25, 2020, 6:09 pm
Israelis rush malls, markets in final days before third lockdown begins
Crowds highlight challenge of instituting a national closure, with people gathering in large numbers before restrictions come into effect
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TOI staff
December 25, 2020, 1:31 pm
Ministers okay rules of 3rd lockdown, expected to cost NIS 2.5 billion a week
Bank of Israel says economic damage of latest closure likely to be less than previous ones, due to laxer restrictions and schools staying partly open
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TOI staff
December 25, 2020, 8:52 am
Nearly 4,000 new virus cases diagnosed, as number of vaccinated hits 210,000
Day before Israel enters its third national lockdown, Health Ministry says over 74,000 people got their first shots on Thursday
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TOI staff
December 23, 2020, 7:29 pm
UK says South African strain even more infectious than its own new variant
British health minister warns latest virus version ‘appears to have mutated further than the new variant that has been discovered’ in the UK
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AFP
December 15, 2020, 11:50 pm
US authorizes first at-home coronavirus test, with results in 20 minutes
Regulators say kits made by California-based Ellume, which will sell for around $30 and can be purchased over the counter, identify up to 96% of positive samples
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AFP
December 5, 2020, 4:30 pm
On land and sea, US presidential-honored scientist works toward home virus test
Serial start-upper Jonathan Rothberg aims to turn tide of pandemic with a coronavirus testing kit he devised while isolating with vulnerable family members aboard his superyacht
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Rich Tenorio
December 3, 2020, 10:09 pm
Israel may get 4 million COVID shots this month, start vaccinating — reports
Health officials said preparing to inoculate 80,000 a day, weighing local approval without FDA; Health Ministry chief warns of new restrictions as infections rise
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TOI staff
December 3, 2020, 1:16 pm
China disease center’s backdoor deal with testing firms fueled pandemic’s spread
Beijing only approved tests made by 3 companies that officials had personal ties with; early kits were faulty and scarce, causing backlog and aiding virus to circulate unchecked
By
Dake Kang
December 3, 2020, 5:18 am
Virus was spreading in US as early as December 2019, new study indicates
As US hospitalizations top 100,000, CDC survey finds antibodies for COVID-19 in blood samples taken more than a month before America’s first case was diagnosed
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TOI staff
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Agencies
November 9, 2020, 3:18 pm
Netanyahu warns lockdown exit will be halted as infection rate levels off
With infections remaining over 500 a day, a key threshold for rolling back more restrictions, PM says next phase of easing measures may be put off
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TOI staff
November 9, 2020, 2:40 pm
Israeli lab uses math hack to roll out speedy one-stage pooled virus test
Soroka introduces method that will eliminate second stage of search for positive samples, quadrupling speed without new equipment, with hopes of exporting the solution abroad
By
Nathan Jeffay
November 4, 2020, 9:52 am
Daily virus cases rise as Knesset vote delayed on hiking fines for rule-breakers
831 cases diagnosed on Monday; vote postponed after ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism said to tell PM they oppose any penalty increase for illegally open educational institutions
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TOI staff
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