Published: 3 March 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Two more Israelis diagnosed with coronavirus, bringing number of sick to 12 (Times of Israel)
Health Ministry says the two were recently in Italy, where there has been an outbreak of the virus; will publish info on what flights they took, where they visited after returning
As health officials struggle to contain coronavirus outbreak, some Israelis defy quarantine (Haaretz)
Several cases have required police intervention, with inspectors attacked and symptoms faked
Israeli with coronavirus sold Purim costumes to children while sick (Jerusalem Post)
Health Ministry officials disinfected the store and are in contact with the schools of the couple’s children and passengers aboard the flight he took back to Israel
Plot Against Islam? In Ill-prepared Mideast, coronavirus spreads conspiracies too (Haaretz)
In Iran and Egypt, government incompetence in handling coronavirus cases is met with an increasingly suspicious public
Iranian vice president said infected with coronavirus (Times of Israel)
In unprecedented move, Saudi Arabia bars Muslim pilgrims from visiting holy city of Mecca
BBC: Iran’s virus death toll is at least 210 — six times higher than it says (Times of Israel)
Tehran rejects figures by broadcaster amid coronavirus crisis; Iranian health ministry has confirmed 34 fatalities so far
Photo: Exercise in preparation for the arrival of Israelis from Japan at the Sheba medical centre, Tel HaShomer, February 20 (Moti Milrod)
