Published: 17 July 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Health minister: Israel needs a ‘medical miracle’ to avoid nationwide lockdown (Times of Israel)
Edelstein says he’ll know in three or four days if a closure will be imposed, rejects calls to shift responsibility away from Health Ministry
Overburdened by virus, Israeli nurses plan strike starting Monday (Haaretz)
Nurses will still work on an emergency basis 'out of national responsibility and in order to stop the collapse of the system,' says representative
Besieged Netanyahu announces virus handouts to all Israelis totalling billions (Times of Israel)
Widely panned plan will see all citizens aged 18 and over get checks for at least NIS 750 amid economic crisis, rise in infections; PM denies playing election economics
Coronavirus quarantine violators on rise in Israel - report (Jerusalem Post)
This phenomenon seems to be turning into a trend
Photo: The coronavirus ward at Sheba Medical Centre at Tel Hashomer, in March (Ofer Vaknin)
