Published: 29 June 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Israel cuts back gatherings to 50 people amid rising COVID-19 cases (Times of Israel)
Ministers also agree to limit capacity at event halls to 100 in outdoor areas starting July 9, keep cultural events capped at 250; Netanyahu vows to compensate those harmed
Country losing control of virus, Israel Society for Infectious Diseases warns (Times of Israel)
Medical union says average age of patients rising, effective action required immediately; PM says ministers will approve new restrictions; death toll at 318
Following coronavirus surge, Palestinians in Israel banned from West Bank (Jerusalem Post)
Over the weekend, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced a total of 274 new coronavirus cases, 207 were diagnosed on Friday and 67 diagnosed on Saturday.
Foreign workers, rich and poor, sent packing from Gulf states over coronavirus crisis (Haaretz)
Workers and families from South Asia, as well as the UK, the US, and Australia, who spent decades in the region, now have no choice but to leave
Photo: A Magen David Adom worker arrives to test a patient in Jerusalem on June 23 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
