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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 592

serological testing

Coronavirus czar Prof. Salman Zarka attends a press conference about the coronavirus in Jerusalem, on August 29, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 27, 2021, 10:28 pm
Virus czar says kids’ tests may stop being free, as inoculation set to begin
Salman Zarka explains he wants children aged 5-11 to get vaccinated for a Green Pass, instead of relying on the tests; top health official says shots to be given at schools
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A child receives a coronavirus test at a health clinic in Katzrin, September 6, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 25, 2021, 12:38 am
Children’s serology tests to be nixed after they’re approved for COVID shots
Member of Health Ministry panel dealing with coronavirus outbreak tells TV that move, which will remove one method of getting Green Pass, aimed at encouraging vaccinations
By ToI Staff and Agencies
IDF officers and soldiers conduct serological testing in Katzrin, August 22, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 25, 2021, 10:54 am
Children’s serological testing frozen for a day after chaotic start
IDF Home Front Command says beleaguered campaign will renew Thursday through Tuesday in localities where initial antibody rates have been at least 12%
By ToI Staff
IDF officers and soldiers conduct serological testing in Katzrin, August 22, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 24, 2021, 2:13 pm
Back-to-school serology testing of children limited to high-infection zones
Education Ministry cites ‘need to adapt’ after program criticized as COVID ‘breeding ground’; early data shows ultra-Orthodox kids twice as likely to have been infected
By ToI Staff
Israeli children undergo COVID-19 antibody testing in the coastal city of Netanya on August 22, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
August 22, 2021, 5:01 pm
Tech issues cause chaos at serological, rapid COVID testing facilities
Long lines and delays mar first day of national serological testing program for children ages 3-12 to prepare for the upcoming school year
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli students wearing face masks return to high school in Tel Aviv on December 6, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
August 16, 2021, 11:53 pm
Classes in high-infection areas to study remotely unless 70% of kids vaccinated
Cabinet decision will only apply to grades 8 and up; Bennett said to grow frustrated in meeting over education minister’s refusal to vaccinate students during school hours
By ToI Staff
Israeli students going to school in Tel Aviv, on April 18, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 14, 2021, 2:30 pm
Postpone start of school year by a month, urges minister
Public Security Minister Omer Barlev argues that Jewish High Holiday period, rising coronavirus cases warrant delay to October 1; education minister rejects proposed postponement
By ToI Staff
A Home Front Command soldier guides residents to a COVID-19 testing tent in Netanya on February 7, 2021, following the easing of a nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
August 12, 2021, 4:44 pm
As government struggles with rising COVID cases, IDF rejoins fight
Senior Home Front Command officer says hundreds of troops being sent to hospitals, clinics to boost medical system, helping perform serological tests of children for schools
By Judah Ari Gross
A Magen David Adom worker takes blood for a serological test for COVID-19 from a child in the ultra-Orthodox town of Kiryat Ye'arim (Telz-Stone), outside Jerusalem, on August 9, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 12, 2021, 3:13 pm
IDF Home Front Command to test kids for COVID antibodies ahead of school year
Military will lead efforts after plans stall for serological testing at schools; vaccinations for pupils on school grounds still up in the air
By ToI Staff
Magen David Adom worker carries out a serological test for COVID-19 in the ultra-Orthodox town of Kiryat Ye'arim, August 9, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 12, 2021, 8:36 am
Education Ministry stalling bid to test kids for antibodies at school – report
Ministry said to rule out serology testing in Bnei Brak during study hours and insist parent must be present, though city already obtained permission from guardians
By ToI Staff
A Magen David Adom worker takes blood for a serological test for COVID-19 from a child in the ultra-Orthodox town of Kiryat Ye'arim (Telz-Stone), outside Jerusalem, on August 9, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 10, 2021, 12:38 pm
Serological testing of children in Haredi cities shows 20% recovered from COVID
Blood tests for antibodies rolled out for start of academic year; program starts in ultra-Orthodox community which was hit hard by the pandemic and already returned to school
By ToI Staff
Health care workers take test samples of Israelis in a drive through complex in Rehovot to check if they have been infected with the coronavirus, on August 8, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 8, 2021, 11:14 pm
Testing, testing and more testing: Israel lays out plan for reopening schools
Under framework, students with a classmate who tests positive will be allowed to stay in school as long as they test negative every day for a week
By ToI Staff
An Israeli laboratory worker is pictured as she checks serological tests at the Leumit Health Care Services laboratory in Or Yehuda, near Tel Aviv on June 29, 2020. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)
April 6, 2021, 11:43 am
Serology tests scaled down to encourage vaccination – report
Since being shown positive for antibodies can grant unvaccinated people a Green Pass, health providers have struggled to accommodate increased demand
By ToI Staff
A lab assistant holds a blood sample to be tested for COVID-19 antibodies, April 28, 2020, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
January 27, 2021, 1:10 pm
Experts say serology tests unreliable, as immunity doesn’t require antibodies
Infectious disease chief advising Health Ministry warns against using serology tests in rollout of ‘green passport,’ since body fights reinfection even after antibodies fade
By ToI Staff
An ultra-Orthodox youth is tested for the coronavirus in Bnei Brak, March 31, 2020. (Ariel Schalit/ AP)
October 19, 2020, 10:48 pm
1 in 7 Bnei Brak residents has had COVID; will antibodies make city virus-safe?
While one expert says degree of protection is in the works, researcher behind the survey says talk of local immunity is ‘dangerous’
By Nathan Jeffay
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