Philanthropist Aaron Frenkel explains the important need for ventilators and oxygenators, and promises to double any donation to Yad Sarah. Article source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278356
Professor Sigal Sadatzky, Head of Public Health Services has said that she does not believe school will resume after the Pesach (Passover) holiday. Speaking to Ynet, Sadatzky said, “I don’t believe studies will resume after Passover. I don’t think studies will resume so fast.” “I […]
Just prior to Passover, the emergency room staff at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital breaks the tension by spontaneously dancing. Article source: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278364
There is growing demand for Internet connection from Israel’s haredi (ultra-Orthodox Jewish) population. Bezeq Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) reports traffic up 40% in haredi neighborhoods during the coronavirus crisis in comparison with normal times. Bezeq says that the figures represent an unprecedented change […]
McDonald’s Israel has teamed up with Clalit Health Services to turn a McDrive outlet in Tel Shochat near Beersheva into a drive-in Covid-19 testing center. The center is for Clalit Health Services members who drive up with a doctor’s referral. This is the first pilot […]
Taipei, Taiwan – The United States is now urging people to wear face masks when they go outside amid growing evidence suggests that even a simple cloth mask can be an effective tool against the coronavirus if it is used correctly, according to health experts. […]
Libya has so far avoided the worst of the coronavirus, with just 17 confirmed cases. But with a war raging, the health service could be in danger of complete collapse if the virus spreads. There is now a race to get more equipment into hospitals […]
In recent weeks, China has provided research and supplied medical equipment to several countries struggling with the coronavirus pandemic. Jin Hai, a Chinese customs official, said on Sunday that nearly four billion masks, 16,000 ventilators, 37.5 million pieces of protective clothing, and 2.84 million coronavirus […]
Bank Hapoalim (TASE: POLI), headed by Dov Kotler, announced this morning that it was setting up a NIS 500 million loan fund for self-employed people, in conjunction with self-employed representative organization Lahav. From tomorrow, self-employed people will be able to obtain loans of up to […]
The city of Ramat Gan on Monday was ordered by the Interior Ministry to take down makeshift fences and checkpoints it had erected to block pedestrian traffic from neighboring Bnei Brak, which has a high concentration of coronavirus cases. The fences were put up overnight […]
