Pregnant women with COVID-19 fighting for their lives
Doctors say hospitals are witnessing a most violent disease not seen in previous waves of the virus, and that the women who are members of the ultra-Orthodox community have no underlying conditions; infectious disease expert says pregnant woman may have to be vaccinated against coronavirus
Adir Yanko, Raanan Ben Zur |
Published: 01.19.21 , 08:00
At least nine pregnant women are in serious condition on Tuesday after they were hospitalized with COVID-19, raising concerns about their own and their babies chances of survival.
Four babies were already delivered. One had died. Medical teams are fighting for the life of a 33- year old woman at the Rabin Medical Center in Petach Tikva. She was taken to the hospital by ambulance from her home in Jerusalem and was operated on immediately upon her arrival.
Israel leading the world in vaccinating population for COVID
Jewish state s inoculation drive gains momentum with almost 100,000 shots administered in a single day; PM says close to 25% of population will be immunized by end of January at current pace
The Media Line |
Published: 12.28.20 , 21:21
Almost 380,000 Israelis were vaccinated during the first eight days of the country’s inoculation operation, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Monday, making Israel the country with the highest proportion of vaccine recipients per capita in the world.
Some 169,000 of those received the first of two doses over the weekend.
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(Photo: Nadav Abas)
The highest number of people injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine came on Sunday, with over 98,000 individuals inoculated, Edelstein said.
For first time in Israel, man dies in second COVID-19 infection
Tests show 74-year-old suffered from two separate strains of coronavirus and had fully recovered from first; infectious diseases expert says unclear what this means for mass vaccination program currently underway in country
Adir Yanko |
Published: 12.21.20 , 13:32
Tests at Israel s largest hospital have revealed that a 74-year old man who succumbed last month to his second bout of COVID-19 died of a different strain of the coronavirus.
The man was one of only a handful of cases of confirmed COVID-19 reinfection in Israel, and the first time in the country that this has caused the death of the patient.
Declaring victory in World War C
Opinion: The tiny coronavirus managed to bring most of the world to its knees, but we have fought back, pouring endless resources into a process that will give us our old, boring lives back and perhaps even lead to new medical marvels
Prof. Cyrille Cohen |
Published: 12.20.20 , 23:28
I, like many others, a year ago thought this was just another flu - but the rest is history.
Reaching the point where we finally can vaccinate against the coronavirus will not leave anyone indifferent - an historic feat in and of itself.
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(Photo: Shalev Shalom)
There are those who voice criticism over the speed at which the vaccine was developed, but I beg to differ.
Israel to mull restriction on arrivals from countries with new coronavirus strain
People arriving from countries identified to be infected by strain could be sent to coronavirus hotels for quarantine; expert says no indication new strain can cause more severe illness
Adir Yanko, Itay Blumenthal , Itamar Eichner |
Updated: 12.20.20 , 09:26
Senior government officials will recommend the government impose quarantine on those arriving from Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Denmark and the UK due to concerns that they may have been exposed to a new strain of coronavirus.
Israeli airlines have been instructed no to allow non-Israelis who do not hold permanent residence, from those countries to board flights to Israel.