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The installation of sewage-monitoring stations at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (courtesy of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)
Israel takes crack at sniffing out COVID outbreaks in people’s poop
By Nathan Jeffay
14 cities to have their sewage tracked in a bid to spot virus spikes early; university deploys toilet analysis to find dorms with infection before it spreads across campus
A worker checks the temperature of a customer at a store in the northern Arab Israeli town of Deir al-Asad on April 18, 2020. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
Arab Israelis see new virus surge as weddings ‘return with a vengeance’
By Aaron Boxerman
Illustrative: Students seen at the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, October 27, 2014. (Miriam Alster/FLASh90)
Screen test: Coronavirus is causing ‘academic Darwinism’ as campuses stay closed
By Shoshanna Solomon
A general view of closed stores on Jaffa Road in downtown Jerusalem on March 26, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Up to 60,000 Israeli businesses may close in 2021 amid COVID-19 fallout: report
By Shoshanna Solomon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen next to Transportation Minister Israel Katz at the weekly cabinet meeting at Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on September 4, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 30, 2020, 10:13 am
PM spars with Katz after finance minister tweets criticism from cabinet meeting
Netanyahu reportedly says those who castigate ‘should not be members of the government’ after Treasury chief publicly slams delay to opening street stores
By TOI staff
This photograph taken on October 29, 2020 shows the empty entrance of the Musee d'Orsay in Paris at its closing time, ahead of a second national general lockdown from October 30 to December 1, aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
October 30, 2020, 9:38 am
France back in coronavirus lockdown; US surges to daily record number of cases
Written statement now needed to leave home in France; US confirms 91,295 new cases in 24 hours; Germany heading into tighter restrictions
By AFP
Operators at an ERAN call center (courtesy of ERAN)
October 30, 2020, 8:54 am
Pandemic of loneliness, anxiety: Crisis hotline says suicide calls have doubled
ERAN helpline says many of those calling now don’t have diagnosed mental health issues; Rivlin: We must treat the isolation as well as the virus
By Nathan Jeffay
Medical workers during a testing drive for teachers ahead of the reopening of some grades, Tel Aviv, October 28, 2020 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 30, 2020, 8:28 am
Virus test positivity rate drops to 1.8%, the lowest level in Israel since June
630 new cases diagnosed in Israel on Thursday; 410 in serious condition with 190 of them on ventilators
By TOI staff
People walk past a closed shop at the Tel Aviv port, October 29, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 30, 2020, 1:50 am
Ministers decide to reopen synagogues on Sunday, but shops to remain closed
Coronavirus cabinet says street stores can open November 8, if infection rate remains low; Finance Minister Katz clashes with Netanyahu, Health Ministry over reopening plan
By TOI staff
Travelers at the almost empty halls of Ben Gurion International Airport, during a nationwide lockdown, October 12, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
October 29, 2020, 11:26 pm
Israel imposes 14-day quarantine for travelers returning from Germany, Italy
Latvia, Lithuania and Serbia also removed from list of ‘green’ countries; Vietnam added to list
By TOI staff
People walk on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on October 28, 2020. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 29, 2020, 10:08 pm
As cabinet meets, ministers undecided on lifting lockdown for street stores
Finance minister urges this Sunday as start day; Netanyahu reportedly says target is November 15, but will be brought forward by a week if daily cases drop below 500
By TOI staff
IDF soldiers take part in a large-scale exercise 'Lethal Arrow' simulating war in the north in October 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 29, 2020, 6:01 pm
With massive exercise in north, IDF prepares for war on multiple fronts
Lethal Arrow drill simulates fighting in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and elsewhere against Iranian proxies and Palestinian terror groups
By Judah Ari Gross
A doctor shows a prospective vaccine for prevention and of coronavirus infection. (iStock)
October 29, 2020, 4:49 pm
Israel reaches deal to buy COVID-19 vaccine from Italy
Jewish state also expects to receive Moderna vaccine from the US, and human trials on its own vaccine start on November 1
By TOI staff
Boaz Kolodner (video screen capture: Ynet)
October 29, 2020, 3:40 pm
Israeli COVID vaccine starts human trials: ‘I’m giving my body, but no big deal’
Israel has started producing its new coronavirus vaccine. Will it work? Boaz Kolodner and 80 other Israelis have volunteered their immune systems to find out
By Nathan Jeffay
A man passes shuttered stores on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem on March 25, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 29, 2020, 3:34 pm
Economic restrictions costing Israel NIS 2.3 billion a week, ministry says
Finance Ministry estimate assesses impact of current limitations, including shuttered commerce and education system
By Shoshanna Solomon
Hapoel Beersheba fans wave Israeli flags before the UEFA Champions League group stages play-off soccer match between Celtic and Hapoel Beersheba at the Turner Stadium in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on August 23, 2016. (Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP)
October 29, 2020, 3:21 pm
Israeli soccer team in Nice requests extra security after knife attack
Hapoel Beersheba, in France for match against OGC Nice, reportedly relying on local security after deadly stabbing at church
By TOI staff
Palestinian entrepreneur Heba al-Hindi demonstrates a locally designed and manufactured smart sterilization device in Gaza City on October 8, 2020, as the machine is to be to be deployed across various facilities in the Gaza Strip as part of efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus disease (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
October 29, 2020, 3:03 pm
Gaza woman’s disinfect-o-mat aims to kick COVID to the curb
Heba al-Hindi designs multi-tasking disinfection machine that also checks temperatures of customers entering restaurants, stores
By Agencies
A young girl is tested for the coronavirus by a healthcare worker at a COVID-19 testing center set up at a basketball court, in Ramat Gan, Oct 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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
Illustrative: Groups of protesters gather in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park to denounce lockdowns of their neighborhood due to a spike in COVID-19 cases on October 7, 2020 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
October 29, 2020, 9:04 am
Senior Satmar rabbi denounces Brooklyn anti-lockdown rallies
Hasidic leader Aaron Teitelbaum speaks at event in Borough Park, tells crowd that ‘none of you should be seen at these protests’
By Shira Hanau
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