Israel Urges Other Countries To Emulate Its Rapid Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout, Britain To Duplicate Israeli System
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israel has urged the world to emulate its rapid rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Israeli government has already vaccinated more than 20% of the country's ...
Ontario Issues Stay At Home Order, Extends School Closure
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s most populous province has imposed a stay-at-home order as coronavirus cases surge, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Tuesday.
The order that takes eff...
COVID Fears Grow In Capitol As Three Lawmakers Test Positive
WASHINGTON (AP) — Within a span of about 24 hours, three House Democrats have announced they tested positive for COVID-19, prompting concern that last week’s insurrection at the Ca...
Florida Jewish Couple Turns 100 years Old Together And Celebrates 80th Anniversary This Year
NEW YORK(JTA) — Now for some happy news. A Jewish couple in Florida is celebrating two hefty milestones together this year: 100 years of life, and 80 years of marriage.
Lou and ...
California Turns Stadiums Into COVID-19 Vaccination Centers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is transforming baseball stadiums, fairgrounds and even a Disneyland Resort parking lot into mass vaccination sites as the coronavirus surge ov...
Watch: Yeshiva Students From Different Backgrounds Study Together At COVID-19 Hotel
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli yeshiva students from religious Zionist and Chareidi backgrounds rarely have an opportunity to meet and study together, but the coronavirus ...
Should I Get A COVID-19 Vaccine If I’ve Had The Virus?
WASHINGTON (AP) - Should I get a COVID-19 vaccine if I’ve had the virus?
Yes. Regardless of previous infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people s...
Israeli Party Yemina Splits: Naftali Bennett And Betzalel Smotrich To Run Separately
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The right-wing Israeli political party led by Naftali Bennett, known as Yemina, has seen a split Monday after Betzalel Smotrich, the former transport minister...
Israeli Premier, Health Minister Receive Second Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine
JERUSALEM (JNS/Israel Hayom) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein received the second dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Saturday nig...
Vaccine Rollout Confirms Public Health Officials’ Warnings
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Public health officials sounded the alarm for months, complaining that they did not have enough support or money to get COVID-19 vaccines quickly into arms....
Oldest Living Olympic Champion, A Holocaust Survivor, Turns 100
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — For Agnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic champion, the fondest memory of her remarkable 100 years is simply that she has lived through it all.
The Ho...
Montreal Enacts Curfew As Virus Cases Spike
MONTREAL — A curfew meant to curb a rising tide of COVID-19 cases took effect across Quebec on Saturday evening.
Premier Francois Legault says the measure is needed to prevent g...
Iran’s Top Leader Bans Corona Vaccines From US, Britain
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Friday banned Iran from importing of American Pfizer-BioNTech and Britain’s Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccines, a reflection of...
Netanyahu: Agreement Reached With Pfizer
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has reached a new agreement with the Pfizer drug company that will allow Israel to vaccinate all citizens over 16 by t...
Watch: Skier Falls From Chairlift To Safety After Dangling 20 Feet Above The Ground
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A skier who was on a chairlift at the the Bristol Mountain Ski Resort in Canandaigua somehow fell off her seat and was left dangling by her coat for two minute...
US Registering Highest Deaths Yet From The Coronavirus
CALIFORNIA (AP) — The U.S. registered more COVID-19 deaths in a single day than ever before -- nearly 3,900 -- on the very day the mob attack on the Capitol laid bare some of the s...
Policemen Came To Close Chareidi Wedding And Ended Up Requesting Bracha From The Rebbe
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli police have been extremely diligent in closing and dispersing illegal gatherings including weddings with more than 20 people present. In most cases, t...
California Hospitals Prepping For Grim COVID-19 Choices
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California hospitals struggling with a skyrocketing coronavirus surge are trying to prepare for the possibility that they may have to ration care for lack of sta...
Governors Scramble To Speed Vaccine Effort After Slow Start
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s governor threatened to fine hospitals if they don't use their allotment of COVID-19 vaccine fast enough. His South Carolina counterpart warned health car...
Governors Scramble To Speed Vaccine Effort After Slow Start
NEW YORK (AP)- New York’s governor is threatening to fine hospitals that don’t use their allotment of COVID-19 vaccine fast enough. His South Carolina counterpart says health care ...