New COVID strain as Israel vaccinates

Israel has launched its coronavirus vaccination campaign just as the government considers closure of the Ben Gurion International Airport for two weeks in a new effort to ward off contagion…

Israel’s coronavirus deaths top 3,000

Israel marked a grim milestone in the coronavirus pandemic, with 3,004 people now having died of the virus. Just since midnight last night, the Israeli Health Ministry said 1,879 more…

Israel may secure Russian vaccine

Israel is working hard to secure enough coronavirus vaccine for every one of the nation’s citizens. As part of his efforts to cast a wider net, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

Israel works to obtain new vaccine

Israel has signed a deal to be among the world’s first nations to receive the COVID-19 vaccine candidate by the U.S. biotech firm Arcturus Therapeutics. The company announced that it…

Israel starts human trials of COVID-19 vaccine

Human clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine have begun at Israel's Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) in Ness Ziona. The institute, which is overseen by the Defense Ministry (IMoD), began…

Israeli vaccine set to begin human trials

The Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) has announced that human trials of its coronavirus vaccine are set to get underway later this month. The name of the Israeli vaccine…