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A medic administers a COVID-19 rapid antigen test at a Magen David Adom testing center in Jerusalem, on September 26, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
September 27, 2021, 10:51 am
Coronavirus cabinet to convene Sunday, for first time in month
Bennett to oppose fresh restrictions and limits on gatherings; since high-level forum last met in late-August, over 600 have died of COVID
By ToI Staff
In this August 26, 2021 file photo, medical professionals treat patients in the coronavirus ward at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, Israel. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
September 26, 2021, 9:22 am
Unvaccinated are also refusing lifesaving antibody treatment – initial reports
‘They’re under heavy pressure from their community and family to refrain from it,’ says health fund official; top doctor: Unvaccinated have basically decided to die by suicide
By ToI Staff
A coronavirus ward at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 26, 2021, 12:47 am
PM resists new COVID restrictions, as number of ventilated patients rises
Rejecting further caps on gatherings, Bennett said to tell health officials that government policy is: ‘Not quarantines, lockdowns, more and more restrictions… but solutions’
By ToI Staff
A coronavirus ward at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 24, 2021, 12:52 pm
Number of COVID patients on ventilators hits highest level since March
But Hebrew University research predicts new cases and serious illness will drop next month, amid concern over availability of health resources
By ToI Staff
Tel Aviv kicks off the return of live performances with a concert by singer Nurit Galron for the city’s older residents in Ganei Yehoshua park, February 24, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 1, 2021, 4:51 pm
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Medical professionals in full protective equipment tend to an elderly man on a ventilator in the critical care coronavirus unit at Sheba Medical center in Ramat Gan, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
February 28, 2021, 6:34 pm
Vaccines in action: Over-70s now use no more ventilators than under-50s
In October the elderly outnumbered under-50s by 6 to 1; now, with vast majority of over-70s immunized, the age groups use the machines in broadly equal numbers
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: A doctor checks a medical ventilator control panel while wearing protective clothing at the Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, March 16, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
October 22, 2020, 6:41 am
With low survival rate, doctors see ventilators as gut-wrenching last resort
As deaths pile up, physicians say they are trying everything, but hooking up patients to breathing machines comes with a harsh dose of reality that their chances are slim
By Nathan Jeffay
Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, center, his Hungarian counterpart Peter Peter Szijjártó, left and Israeli Minister of Science and Technology Izhar Shay, right, give elbow bump greetings during their meeting, in Jerusalem, July 20, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool via AP)
July 20, 2020, 8:27 pm
FM Ashkenazi to Hungarian counterpart: US peace plan a ‘significant opportunity’
Gabi Ashkenazi meets with visiting Peter Szijjártó, urges Budapest to use its position on UN atomic watchdog’s board to hold Iran accountable for its ‘malign activities’
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A doctor checks a medical ventilator control panel while wearing protective clothing at the Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, March 16, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
May 13, 2020, 2:40 pm
Israeli doctors using ventilators on virus patients sparingly, but split on why
Some experts maintain the machines can cause damage to a certain type of COVID-19 sufferers, while others say noninvasive measures were preferred all along
By Nathan Jeffay
A man takes the temperature of a customer to check if she has a fever, at an entrance to the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, May 04, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 4, 2020, 3:20 pm
New virus cases continue drop with 29 overnight; 2 more deaths take toll to 234
Total national cases at 16,237, of whom 9,858 have recovered; number of patients on ventilators down to 72
By ToI Staff
Dr. Hani Abdin, dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Palestinian Al-Quds University, showcases a ventilator built at the campus in Abu Dis in the West Bank, April 23, 2020. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
April 23, 2020, 11:16 pm
Palestinian university unveils ‘homemade’ ventilator
West Bank’s al-Quds University researchers aim to produce 500 units of their invention in the coming days, then begin exporting
By AFP and ToI Staff
Britain's Professor Stephen Hawking receives the Honorary Freedom of the City of London during a ceremony at the Guildhall in the City of London, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, file)
April 22, 2020, 4:00 pm
Stephen Hawking’s ventilator donated to British hospital
Family of the late physicist gives breathing machine to medical center in Cambridge where he received treatment, so it can be used for COVID-19 patients
By AFP
A woman and her daughter wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus sell fruit and vegetables at the taxi station in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, April 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
April 22, 2020, 1:54 pm
Israeli innovators want to help Africans breathe through COVID-19
Medics and engineers can make ventilators with basic parts costing $500 and a downloaded blueprint designed in Israel
By Nathan Jeffay
A Military Intelligence technology unit tests a an improvised ventilator it created to help the healthcare system handle the coronavirus pandemic on April 15, 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 16, 2020, 8:57 pm
IDF to give hospitals hundreds of makeshift ventilators to ensure supply
Military says jury-rigged devices can perform the same function as far more expensive ventilators, if needed in the case of a large outbreak
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: In this Tuesday, April 7, 2020 photo provided by the U.S. Air National Guard, airmen from the 146th Airlift Wing of the California Air National Guard in Oxnard, Calif., deliver 200 ventilators to the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift wing at Stewart Air National Guard Base, adjacent to Newburgh, N.Y. (Senior Airman Jonathan Lane/U.S. Air National Guard via AP)
April 16, 2020, 4:41 am
Netanyahu said to have turned down UK request for ventilators
Israel is currently trying to boost its own stocks and has an export ban in place that blocked sale of life-saving machines; 100 ventilators arrive from US
By ToI Staff
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