New York Serves Cease-And-Desist Order To Tolaas Yaakov Shul After Repeated Social Distancing Violations
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Congregation Kahal Tolaas Yaakov in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, whose leader Rabbi Chaim Mertz passed away from COVID-19 two weeks ago, was serv...
Minister Aryeh Deri: 70% Of Those Infected Were Chareidi, We Need To Do Soul-Searching
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Interior Minister and Shas leader Aryeh Deri spoke very candidly in an interview with the Kikar Hashabat Chareidi news site, noting that the present coronavir...
Tens Of Thousands Belorussians Hold Victory Day Parade, Disregarding Coronavirus
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The eastern European nation of Belarus held a full-fledged military parade Saturday to mark Victory Day, shrugging off safety concerns during the coronavirus ...
US Approves New Coronavirus Antigen Test With Fast Results
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening up the country.
The Food and Drug ...
Dr Fauci, 2 Other Members Of White House Virus Task Force In Quarantine
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three members of the White House coronavirus task force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, placed themselves in quarantine after contact with someone who tested positi...
Reopenings Bring New Cases In S. Korea, Virus Fears In Italy
ROME (AP) — South Korea's capital closed down more than 2,100 bars and other nightspots Saturday because of a new cluster of coronavirus infections, Germany scrambled to contain fr...
Agudath Israel Issues Roadmap for Rabbonim and Community Leaders to Safely Reopen Our Kehillos
NEW YORK (VINnews/Agudath Israel of America) - We are all encouraged to see several states ease, or begin talks of easing, the long and difficult quarantine which has successfully ...
NY’s Cuomo Criticized Over Highest Nursing Home Death Toll
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has won bipartisan praise for rallying supplies for his ravaged hospitals and helping slow the coronavirus, is coming under increasi...
Cuomo: 3 NY Youths Die From Syndrome Possibly Linked To Covid-19
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Two young children and a teenager have now died in New York state from a possible complication from the coronavirus involving swollen blood vessels and heart pr...
NY Extends Provisions On Some Coronavirus Orders, But Stay-at-home Decision Pending Past May 15
NEW YORK (AP) - New York has extended some executive orders due to the coronavirus in recent days, but still hasn't decided on how long it would extend the stay-at-home order, Gov....
White House: US Planning To Ship 8,000 Ventilators Abroad
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, who’s taken to calling the U.S. the “king” of ventilators, is making plans to ship 8,000 of the breathing machines to foreign countries by...
Katie Miller, Stephen Miller’s Wife And Pence’s Spokesperson, Tests Positive For Coronavirus
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Katie Miller, the wife of presidential adviser Stephen Miller and the spokesperson for Vice President Mike Pence, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Pre...
US Pulls Permission For Chinese Masks Found Defective
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have revoked U.S. authorization for masks made by more than 60 Chinese manufacturers after they failed to meet standards needed to protec...
Aide To Vice President Pence Tests Positive For Coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — An aide to Vice President Mike Pence has the coronavirus, marking the second person in the White House complex known to test positive this week.
The latest pos...
‘Every Parent’s Nightmare’: Boy’s Death May Have Virus Link
NEW YORK (AP) - The death of a 5-year-old New York boy is challenging assumptions that children are less susceptible to COVID-19 complications, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday.
A...
NYC Mayor: 2,500 Members of “Test And Trace Corps” To Be In Place By Early June To Combat The Virus.
NEW YORK (AP) - A “test and trace corps” of 2,500 will be in place by early June to identify people who have the virus, isolate them in hotel rooms if needed and determine whom the...
New York City Stepping Up Distancing Enforcement In 3 Parks
NEW YORK (AP) - Police officers will start limiting access to three New York City parks whose scofflaw visitors have become poster children for bad social distancing, Mayor Bill de...
At Least 1,300 French Jews Have Died Of Covid-19
PARIS (JTA) - At least 1,300 members of France’s Jewish community have died of COVID-19, the country’s Jewish burial service said.
The French chevra kadisha, the Jewish term for...
Prof. Shuki Shemer,Director Of Asuta Hospital :Israel Must Prepare For Second Wave In Winter
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — Professor Yehoshua (Shuki) Shemer, the director of the Asuta association which runs hospitals in different regions in Israel and a former director-general of t...
Store Workers Become Enforcers Of Social Distancing Rules
NEW YORK (AP) — Sandy Jensen's customer-service job at a Sam's Club in Fullerton, California, normally involves checking member ID cards at the door and answering questions. But th...