Israel - Covid-19 cases and news - 135,288 cases, 1,031 deaths

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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel...nee-diagnosed/

Israel confirms first coronavirus case as cruise ship returnee diagnosed
One of 11 Israelis who arrived in the morning after quarantine aboard Diamond Princess ship tests positive, after entering 14-day isolation at Sheba Medical Center
By TOI staff and Agencies Today, 1:20 pm

One of 11 Israeli travelers who returned to the country early Friday after being quarantined for the last two weeks on a cruise ship off Japan’s coast tested positive for coronavirus Friday, the Health Ministry said, marking the first case of the novel COVID-19 virus in the Jewish state...

 

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[h=1]Second coronavirus case in Israel confirmed, as panic increases[/h] [h=2]Netanyahu: ‘International coronavirus quarantine list may grow’[/h] febr 23, 2020

A second Israeli who returned to Israel on Friday from the Diamond Princess cruise ship has tested positive Sunday for the virus, according to Sheba Medical Center. The individual is in isolation at the hospital.

The medical center said that the individual did not contract the virus in Israel.

The news comes as hundreds of Israelis have called a special hotline focused on treating people suspected of having contracted coronavirus, according to Magen David Adom. The Health Ministry has canceled upcoming trips to Poland for thousands of Israeli students, and only Israelis will run in Friday’s Tel Aviv Marathon.A mild panic had erupted across Israel on Sunday following an announcement on Saturday that nine members of a large group of South Koreans who had been in the country from February 8 to 15 were diagnosed with coronavirus and might have had the virus while in Israel. The South Koreans travelled across the country, from the North to the South with stops in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, among other places.At the start of the week, 200 Israeli students were in isolation after reporting being exposed to the tourists.

 

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https://english.alarabiya.net/en/Ne...-travel-abroad-amid-coronavirus-outbreak.html

Al Arabiya EnglishThursday, 27 February 2020

The Israeli government urged its citizens and residents on Thursday against traveling abroad in general amid the coronavirus outbreak.

“There is a high chance that the [infection] has spread in other regions in Europe and in many other parts of the world,” Israel’s Health Ministry said in a Twitter thread. “We urge the public to consider the need for travel abroad in general.”

Anyone returning to Israel and has been to Italy within the past 14 days will be placed in quarantine for another two weeks from the date of arrival, according to the Health Ministry.

 

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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News...-from-Italy-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-619053


Coronavirus confirmed in Israeli who returned from Italy
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri expressed his intention to sign an official document on Thursday, barring Italian travelers from entering Israel.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 27, 2020 13:19

An Israeli who came back from Italy on Sunday was diagnosed on Thursday with coronavirus, the Health Ministry announced.
The person will be kept under quarantine at the Sheba Medical Center. He reportedly complained of high fever and everyone who came in contact with the person has been contacted and placed under quarantine at home...

 

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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/israe...-after-husband-returns-from-italy-with-virus/

1st known case of virus spreading between people in Israel
Israeli woman found with COVID-19 after husband returns from Italy with virus
Woman taken to Sheba Medical Center for treatment; Health Ministry releases more information on man’s movements prior to diagnosis, orders quarantine for those in close contact
By TOI staff Today, 11:21 am 0

The Health Ministry on Friday said that a second Israeli has been diagnosed with coronavirus after contact with a man who tested positive for COVID-19 following his return from Italy.

According to Hebrew media reports, the second person diagnosed with the virus is the man’s wife and she has been hospitalized at the Sheba Medical Center where she is reported to be in good condition.

The case is the first known person-to-person instance of the virus spreading in Israel outside of quarantine...

 

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Source: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...rael-country-issues-mass-quarantine-1.8597347

...An Israeli man who was on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan returned to Israel on Friday, where he was diagnosed as ill with the coronavirus. The man has been transferred to a quarantine.

The man was initially hospitalized in Japan, but upon his release and return to the country he had been tested positive for the virus. The man flew to Israel via a commerical flight of Turkish Airlines from Tokyo through Istanbul and then to Tel Aviv. All the passengers who were with him on board flight TK53 and then TK84, which landed in Israel at 08:55 A.M., are requested to immediately enter a house quarantine of 14 days and report immediately to the Health Ministry.
Israel's ready for corona - but not for women in powerHaaretz Weekly Ep. 65
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He is the third Israeli to be diagnosed with coronavirus in Israel. His diagnosis follows that of two other Israelis earlier Friday...

 

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[h=1]Israeli who recovered in Japan develops coronavirus again[/h] [h=2]Four new cases were discovered on Friday alone, including the first case of transmission on Israeli soil.[/h] By IDAN ZONSHINE

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Friday saw a worrisome spike in Israeli coronavirus cases, as four more citizens were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in Israel, the Health Ministry reported.Shimon Dahan returned from quarantine in Japan after having having been presumed to be "recovered", following his infection with the virus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship and subsequent quarantine in Tokyo.

The man flew home to Israel after he was released from quarantine and is the third to be diagnosed as having the virus among the passengers who were brought back from the beleagered cruise ship.Dahan's sister, Rachel Biton, who was the first to be released from quarantine in Japan, was sent home to Israel on Tuesday after recovering from the virus.

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Later on Friday, two men from northern Israel were also diagnosed with coronavirus after returning from separate trips to Italy, according to the ministry, making them the sixth and seventh Israeli citizens to be infected so far.

 

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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-mor...onavirus-bringing-total-number-of-sick-to-10/

3 more Israelis diagnosed with coronavirus, bringing total number of sick to 10
Two of the patients from a family recently returned from Italy, third worked with a person diagnosed with virus; all three exhibit light symptoms only
By TOI staff Today, 12:55 am

Three more Israels were diagnosed Sunday with the COVID-19 coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 10, the Health Ministry said.

The ministry said two of those diagnosed were members of one family who had returned to Israel from Italy on Thursday and live in a community in southern Israel. All passengers of flight LY290 which landed in Israel at 2:30 p.m. were instructed to enter a 14-day quarantine at home.

The third was a person who works at the Red Pirate toy store in Or Yehuda, where another worker was diagnosed with the virus last week after returning from Italy...

 

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Source: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/new...alth-ministry-spread-of-virus-inevitable.html

Israeli School Principal & 9th Grader Have COVID-19, Over 1,000 Students & 5,000 Soccer Fans Isolated, Health Ministry: “Spread Of Virus Inevitable”
March 4, 2020 9:25 am

Prof. Itamar Grotto, the Deputy Director-General of Israel’s Health Ministry stated on Wednesday that the wide-scale spread of the coronavirus in Israel is inevitable after a vice-principal of an elementary school and a 9th-grade student were diagnosed with the virus, requiring over 1,000 students to be put into quarantine.

Israel’s Health Ministry announced on Tuesday night that three more Israelis were diagnosed with the coronavirus, raising the total number of cases in Israel to 15...

 

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[h=1]Israel to quarantine tens of thousands over coronavirus[/h] [h=2]Israel imposes ban on entry of tourists from European coronavirus-hit countries[/h] News Service16:30 March 05, 2020AA

In a bid to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, Israel has placed more than 60,000 people in self-quarantine for a period of two weeks, according to Israeli media on Thursday.

It added that Israel has begun to ban the entry of tourists coming from various European countries including Spain, Italy, France, Switzerland and Germany.

For Israeli citizens returning from these countries, the Israeli Health Ministry is requiring a 14-day medical quarantine period.

So far, the Israeli Health Ministry confirmed that 15 Israelis contracted the virus, according to the daily Haaretz...:tiphat:https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/israel-to-quarantine-tens-of-thousands-over-coronavirus-3513395

 

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Source: https://hamodia.com/2020/03/05/sixt...-israel-confirmed-har-habayis-faces-shutdown/

Seventeenth Coronavirus Case in Israel Confirmed, Har Habayis Faces Shutdown
By Hamodia StaffThursday, March 5, 2020 at 2:13 pm | ט' אדר תש"פUpdated Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 2:55 pm
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The number of Israelis diagnosed with coronavirus reached seventeen on Thursday, as a patient recently in Italy was added to the list.

Earlier in the day, the Health Ministry announced that a 38-year-old man, became the 16th in the country to be infected by coronavirus.

The Israeli, a tour bus driver from eastern Yerushalayim, was hospitalized at Poriya Medical Center in the Galil.

According to media reports, he was the bus driver for a group of 21 Greek tourists, four of whom have been diagnosed with the virus. The driver checked into the hospital with pneumonia.

The hospital has advised that the man is in stable condition and fully conscious. The hospital is keeping him in isolation and adhering to the guidelines of the Health Ministry.

Dr. Boaz Lev, who heads the epidemiology unit of the Health Ministry, told Channel 12 on Thursday that an estimated 50,000 to 80,000 Israelis are currently in home quarantine after returning from countries where COVID-19 has spread...

 

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[h=1]Bethlehem in lockdown following suspected cases of coronavirus[/h]
March 5, 2020 at 2:10 pm
All schools, mosques, and churches in the city of Bethlehem have been closed for 14 days after four suspected cases of coronavirus, Wafa news agency reported.

Dr Tarif Ashur, the Palestinian Authority health ministry spokesperson, called for local churches, mosques and other institutions to close their doors and for all activities and conferences to be cancelled for the next 14 days after four suspected cases of the virus were identified in the Angel Hotel in Beit Jala, a town next to Bethlehem.

Tests are still being carried out and the public should “not to panic”, he said.

“We took samples from Polish and American tourists staying in the hotel, as well as 21 employees. Most of them were tested negative, but we sent the samples to the Israeli side to confirm the results,” Ashur said...:tiphat:https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/2...own-following-suspected-cases-of-coronavirus/

 

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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/16th-Israeli-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-619908

21 Israelis have coronavirus as country defends travel bans, quarantines
The Israel Police reported that a number of people are deliberately violating Health Ministry quarantine regulations.
By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, TOVAH LAZAROFF, ALEX WINSTON MARCH 6, 2020 18:45

Twenty one Israelis have been diagnosed with coronavirus, and some 70,000 more are in home-isolation, as fears of a pandemic spread ahead of the Purim holiday.
On Friday, growing number of Israelis were diagnosed with COVID-19 disease.
The patients are being reffered to by the order in which they've been reported to have contracted the virus. Patient No. 21, a Haifa resident in his 30s arrived in Israel from Austria, on the 1 of March. Also in his 30s is patient No. 20, living in the center of Israel, and arriving just a day later on the 2 of March from Madrid.
The previous day, patients No. 17 and 18 were diagnosed with the virus, and an American tourist who spent time in Jerusalem before returning to New York was diagnosed with the virus.
Patient No. 17, a pensioner from the center of the country, returned to Israel from Italy on February 29, according to the Health Ministry. The patient drove from Ben-Gurion Airport directly to his home in a private car and entered isolation.
Patient No. 16 is a 38-year-old male tour-bus driver from east Jerusalem who is currently being treated in isolation at Poriya Hospital in Tiberias, where he checked in with pneumonia. According to the hospital’s director of infectious disease, the man is in stable condition and fully conscious...

 

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Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/uncateg...of-covid-19-coronavirus-in-israel/2020/03/07/

...Patient 23 is an Israeli resident of Tel Aviv who traveled to Venice, Italy on Feb. 22, returning to Israel on Feb. 29...

 

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Source: https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-SCIENC...rus-Netanyahu-rolls-out-five-part-plan-620116


...The 25th person is from central Israel. He vacationed in Spain and returned to the country on March 2. Patient No. 24 from the center of the country and flew to Greece on February 27 with a group of pilgrims, many of whom have since been diagnosed with the virus. He returned to the country on March 3.


The 23rd person diagnosed with coronavirus was announced Saturday night. He lives in Tel Aviv and returned to the country from a vacation in Italy on February 29. The man went into immediate quarantine and only left his house to vote on March 2 at a “coronavirus voting station” in the area....

 

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Source: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3799496,00.html

Coronavirus Continues to Spread in Israel as State Measures Increase
The number of identified cases in Israel jumped to 25 over the weekend; 20,000 Israelis are currently in a two-week home-quarantine
CTech 13:2408.03.20

The number of identified coronavirus cases in Israel jumped to 25 over the weekend, though three patients have already recovered. On Sunday, health minister Yaakov Litzman said some 20,000 Israelis are currently in a two-week home-quarantine after returning from one of the affected countries. Israel’s list of banned countries currently includes China, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and Austria. No tourists from these countries are allowed to enter Israel.

While no such decision has been made regarding the U.S., the government is debating its addition to the banned list despite the financial and political ramifications...

 

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Source: http://www.aurora-israel.co.il/israel-confirma-39-casos-de-coronavirus


Israel confirms 39 cases of coronavirus
March 9, 2020
The Ministry of Health announced that another ten people with the COVID-19 virus were detected in Israel, raising the number of patients to 39.

Five of the patients arrived from abroad: Italy, Spain, Belgium and Austria, and the other five were infected with other patients in Israel.

One of the patients is a man of about 40 years, domiciled in the center of the country and the source of the infection is unknown.

Another patient is a 60-year-old male, domiciled in Jerusalem, who was infected by a tourist from France.

These are the places you visited and the dates:

From March 3 to 20, the Optica Yona Korne Ltd. On Malchei Israel Street in Jerusalem, from 9:30 a.m. at 2:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. at 7:30 p.m.

On March 5, Yona Korne Ltd. Optics from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

On March 5, the BIGA restaurant in the shopping center of Ariel between 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

All those who were in these places are required to be quarantined for two weeks.

Another patient traveled from Tel Aviv to Vienna on flight OS860 on February 29, which took off at 6:15 a.m. He returned to Israel on March 5 on the OS861 flight that took off at 1:30 p.m. and landed in Israel at 5:15 p.m.

From Ben Guri? Airport, he took the train at 18:05 directly to Akko (San Juan de Acre).

The coronavirus was also detected in a woman domiciled in Haifa. He returned from Tenerife, Spain, on March 3, and has been in quarantine since that date.

He traveled to Tenerife via Madrid on February 25 on Iberia's IB3317 flight that took off at 6:00 a.m. and landed at 10:30 p.m.

At 1:45 pm he took the IB3940 flight from Madrid to Tenerife that same day and landed at 3:35 pm.

He returned from Tenerife from Madrid, on March 3, at 11:05 and landed at 2:55 p.m. on the IB3943 flight. From Madrid he continued that same day to Tel Aviv on the IB3316 flight that took off at 5:00 p.m. and landed at 10:45 p.m.

All those who were on those flights should be quarantined (isolated) for two weeks and reported to the website of the Ministry of Health or the hotline of the Ministry of Health

 

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Source: https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/international/929826-israels-confirmed-covid-19-toll-reaches-50

Israel's confirmed COVID-19 toll reaches 50
Eleven new cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in Israel which raised the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 50, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health.
ANI | Jerusalem | Updated: 10-03-2020 16:40 IST | Created: 10-03-2020 16:40 IST

Eleven new cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported in Israel which raised the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 50, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health. The Health Ministry on Monday said that among the new 11 cases, seven had a travel history to Europe, Xinhua news agency reported...

 

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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/stepp...ans-gatherings-of-100-people-in-closed-areas/

As virus cases mount, Israel bans gatherings of more than 100 people
Netanyahu says COVID-19 ‘global plague,’ tells Israelis to change daily routines; ban applies to weddings, synagogues; universities may need to teach remotely; 82 cases confirmed
By TOI staff Today, 8:41 pm 0

Israel is limiting public events in closed areas to 100 people as part of increasingly strict measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus in the country, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday evening...

 

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Source: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3800502,00.html

Israel Buckles Down as Corona Cases Reach 100
Prime Minister Netanyahu pledged another $1.65 billion to bolster the economy and the healthcare system as more and more people enter quarantine or get laid off
CTech 11:2312.03.20

The number of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Israel stands at 100 as of Thursday morning. Among the new patients identified is an American tourist who entered the country from Egypt and is now hospitalized in the north and two elementary school-aged children. On Wednesday night, the Ministry of Health forbade gatherings of over 100 people. Though schools and universities will continue as usual until further notice, Israel’s higher education institutes are already preparing to switch all classes with over 100 students to online courses, and are also gearing up for the possibility that the next semester will be postponed...