Published: 26 January 2021
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Over 1,000 virus deaths recorded so far in January, as toll hits 4,419 (Times of Israel)
Health Ministry says California mutated strain detected in Israel as man returning from LA infects four others; another flyer from Dubai reportedly gave virus to 180 people
Cop shoots in air after ultra-Orthodox rioters surround and shove police (Times of Israel)
Violence seen in three cities as officers attempt to shut down educational institutions open in violation of pandemic restrictions; Haredi minister says officers going ‘wild’
Israel to halt inbound and outbound flights to curb spread of Covid variants (Haaretz)
Israel will ban foreign airlines beginning midnight Tuesday until the end of the national lockdown, on January 31. Restrictions will also be placed on Israeli airlines
Ultra-Orthodox protesters clash with police over Covid rules, attack bus driver (Haaretz)
Thirteen police officers injured in protests in Ashdod; objects thrown at police in Jerusalem; bus driver attacked during protest in Bnei Brak
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Site of mass Haredi wedding in London: A school whose principal died of Covid (Times of Israel)
Rabbi Avrohom Pinter died in April of last year, days after going door-to-door to deliver public health warning; this week his school was used for an illegal celebration
Why Israel’s vaccine success might be hard to replicate (The Atlantic)
A credible health-care system may be the key determinant to success
Photo: Protesters clash with police as they attempt to close down a school open against coronavirus lockdown violations, Ashdod, January 11 (Ilan Assayag)
