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An Indian COVID-19 patient provides samples to a medic helping Israel's coronavirus mission to India. (Defense Ministry Spokesperson’s Office)
August 8, 2020, 5:08 pm
Member of Israeli virus research team in India confirmed infected on flight home
Plane continues scheduled route after person tests positive for coronavirus during refueling stop in Ethiopia; Ashkenazi talks with Pompeo, other FMs about coronavirus fight
By TOI staff
An Indian COVID-19 patient provides samples to a medic helping Israel's coronavirus mission to India. (Defense Ministry Spokesperson’s Office)
August 5, 2020, 5:23 pm
Determined to build COVID tests of future, Israel collects 20,000 swabs in India
Israel a step closer to developing coronavirus tests that work in ‘tens of seconds,’ officer says, after finding the large population of virus-positive patients needed — in Delhi
By Nathan Jeffay
Defense Minister Benny Gantz (right) bumps elbows with Brig. Gen. Nissan Davidi, who was tasked with leading the military's Coronavirus Command on August 4, 2020. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
August 4, 2020, 3:11 pm
Brig. Gen. Nissan Davidi picked to lead IDF’s ‘Coronavirus Command’
Newly formed unit tasked with ‘breaking the chain of infection’ by rapidly finding COVID-19 carriers and those who may have come in contact with them
By Judah Ari Gross
Medics work with COVID-19 patients at the isolation ward of Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan on July 29, 2020. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
August 2, 2020, 1:01 pm
Testing slumps over weekend, but number of serious cases continues to rise
5 new deaths take toll to 531; outbreak in Bnei Brak nursing home; Health Ministry said to change rules so quarantine counts from date of test rather than receiving of results
By TOI staff
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a House Subcommittee hearing on the Coronavirus crisis, Friday, July 31, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
August 1, 2020, 1:10 am
Fauci confident virus vaccine will get to Americans in 2021
But officials testifying at a contentious House hearing acknowledge US remains unable to deliver all COVID-19 test results within two or three days
By Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and MATTHEW PERRONE
The empty arrival hall at Ben Gurion Airport on June 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 30, 2020, 9:08 am
Despite high infection rate, Greece said to weigh allowing in Israeli tourists
Officials say agreements with Athens and Cyprus only a matter of time, contrary to situation in the rest of the EU, which has closed its borders to Israelis for time being
By TOI staff
The empty arrival hall at the Ben Gurion airport on June 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 29, 2020, 1:11 pm
Israel may allow quarantine-free travel from ‘green’ countries as of mid-August
Health Ministry tells Knesset it plans to end requirement for travelers from virus-free states; flights must resume, says Ben Gurion Airport chief, or Israelis should learn to swim
By TOI staff
A woman is tested by a healthcare worker for the coronavirus at a mobile testing station, in east Jerusalem, July 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
July 27, 2020, 5:57 am
Virus testing appears to plummet after nearing 30,000 samples a day
Sunday sees only 11,343 tests administered across Israel; death toll hits 473, with 317 patients in serious condition
By TOI staff
Jerusalem City Hall on August 22, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
July 21, 2020, 5:49 pm
Quarantined Jerusalem councilman attends municipal meeting, causes ruckus
City Council members abruptly end meeting after Yohanan Weitzman shows up, despite assurances he was cleared to attend by Health Ministry
By Sam Sokol
Medical personal at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan are seen in the hospital's coronavirus ward on June 30, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
July 17, 2020, 12:21 pm
Israeli doctor diagnosed with COVID-19 three months after apparently recovering
TV report says medical worker at Sheba Medical Center first contracted coronavirus in April, had tested negative in May and June
By TOI staff
An Israeli man wearing a mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus walks past a mural showing Albert Einstein in Tel Aviv, July 15, 2020. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
July 16, 2020, 12:32 pm
Ministers to discuss shutting camps, restaurants as daily virus tally tops 1,900
Death toll jumps to 380; cabinet to decide on limiting gatherings to 10 people and closing down beaches, pools, synagogues and more
By TOI staff
Technicians carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus in a lab at Leumit Health Care Services branch in Or Yehuda, on July 14, 2020 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
July 16, 2020, 9:37 am
To save time, Israel hopes to begin checking 8-10 virus test samples at once
If one specimen in tube comes back positive for COVID-19, all others will be tested individually; Health Ministry hopes to roll out method within days
By TOI staff
Health officials observe a pilot program for a testing method that returns COVID-19 results in 15 minutes, in Lod on July 15, 2020 (Courtesy)
July 15, 2020, 6:20 pm
Israel starts trying out virus test that delivers results in 15 minutes
Top health officials observe potential game-changing Sofia test, and will know in coming days if it can be put to wider use as labs are inundated with samples
By TOI staff
Border Police officers scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews during a protest against the closure on the Romema and Kiryat Belz neighborhoods of Jerusalem, on July 13, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 14, 2020, 9:11 pm
Police suspend officer filmed shoving unsuspecting Haredi man at protest
Investigation opened into case of apparent excessive force comes days after another incident caught on tape in which officer whacked protester who told him to wear a mask
By TOI staff
Border Police officers scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews during a protest against the closure on the Romema and Kiryat Belz neighborhoods of Jerusalem, July 13, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 13, 2020, 11:33 pm
Ultra-Orthodox hold 3rd straight night of protests in Jerusalem against lockdown
Police arrest 16, as trash cans burned amid mounting anger at government ‘discrimination’; many in community said to use unapproved COVID-19 test to evade quarantine
By TOI staff
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