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Virus czar says masks outdoors largely unnecessary, enforcement may end
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TOI staff
But Nachman Ash says rules will remain in place to avoid confusion; warns a fourth lockdown is possible, as Israel emerges from its third
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March 7, 2021, 4:59 pm
Virus czar says masks outdoors largely unnecessary, enforcement may end
But Nachman Ash says rules will remain in place to avoid confusion; warns a fourth lockdown is possible, as Israel emerges from its third
By
TOI staff
March 5, 2021, 3:17 am
Dallas Jewish Conservatives plan ‘mask-burning’ party to mark end of mandate
Organizer says he’s not ‘personally anti-mask,’ but opposes government orders to wear one
By
Andrew Lapin
From the Web
March 3, 2021, 8:58 am
Deaf UK pupils fear mandatory face masks in class will isolate them
Over 4,000 sign petition by teenager Dinah Mandell urging incorporation of transparent masks allowing deaf students to lipread, Jewish News reports
March 2, 2021, 1:20 am
Frontier accused of kicking Hasidic family off flight due to unmasked toddler
US airline says family did not comply with mask regulations, but video from plane shows everyone wearing masks except for small child; witness says crew high-fived each other
By
Ben Sales
February 10, 2021, 8:10 pm
Double bind: CDC study finds two masks are better than one
US government agency says COVID-19 spread risk can be reduced by 95% with double face coverings, but stops short of recommending everyone wear them
By
Mike Stobbe
January 30, 2021, 10:31 pm
US to require face masks on airlines, public transportation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues order, to take effect on Monday night; refusal to wear mask will be violation of federal law
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AP
January 25, 2021, 12:11 pm
Haredi passengers said to refuse to wear masks on flight from New York to Israel
Passenger describes trip as traumatic, saying people tried to stay away from ‘coronavirus breeding ground’ and would only drink in the bathroom due to fear of removing masks
By
TOI staff
January 8, 2021, 10:59 pm
Haredi newspaper photoshops masks onto picture of rabbis meeting
Trick exposed after other newspapers publish original photo of ultra-Orthodox leaders violating government virus guidelines
By
TOI staff
December 10, 2020, 1:13 pm
Top health official: Masks may offer more protection from virus than vaccines
Itamar Grotto, whose term ends this month, also criticizes government policy seeking to ban visits to other people’s homes during Hanukkah
By
TOI staff
December 4, 2020, 1:47 am
Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearing, asks Fauci to stay on
President-elect and predecessors Clinton, Bush and Obama ready to get vaccinated in public to boost confidence in anticipated vaccines
By
Alexandra Jaffe
November 22, 2020, 4:15 pm
German FM slams anti-mask protesters for ‘making a mockery’ of Nazi victims
Heiko Maas says recent comparison to Anne Frank and resistance fighter Sophie Scholl ‘trivializes the Holocaust and shows an unbearable forgetting of history’
By
Michelle Fitzpatrick
October 29, 2020, 11:48 am
With 688 new cases, daily virus rates in Israel hit lowest level since June
Israel stays below 1,000 daily cases for a week; PM calls for investment in mask development; Gamzu says closure must be extended on Majdal Shams, imposed on Bu’eine Nujeidat
By
TOI staff
October 27, 2020, 10:01 pm
Video shows cop manhandling maskless teens, while failing to wear one himself
Tiberias incident caught on camera by youths; police say the teens hurled rocks at officers — but the officer will be fined for failure to cover up
By
TOI staff
October 27, 2020, 11:36 am
JNF official: Don’t trash used masks, use them to grow plants
Head of KKL JNF Jewish National Fund’s Gilat Tree Nursery in Negev discovers that old surgical masks are perfect for cultivating seeds, seedlings and cuttings
By
Sue Surkes
September 25, 2020, 2:31 am
As a new outbreak grows in Brooklyn, mask-wearing appears to remain scarce
Virus cases are spiking in some New York Orthodox communities, but various factors are preventing widespread adoption of a practice experts say can help keep COVID away
By
Shira Hanau
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