At Ichilov Hospital, Grandson Tearfully Parts From His Grandmother
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — 37-year-old Samir Agayev could hardly hide his feelings as he entered the special isolation unit for coronavirus patients at Tel Aviv's Ichilov hospital. Agaye...
San Diego-area shopper asked to remove face mask decorated with Nazi swastika
SAN DIEGO (JTA) - A shopper at a suburban San Diego supermarket was asked to remove a face mask decorated with a swastika.
It’s another incident of stay-at-home orders during th...
Twitter To Label Disputed COVID-19 Tweets
Chicago (AP) — Twitter announced Monday it will warn users when a tweet contains disputed or misleading information about the coronavirus.
The new rule is the latest in a wave o...
Study: Virus Death Toll In NYC Worse Than Official Tally
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities worse than the official tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis re...
WATCH: Jewish Attorney At Center Of Covid-19 Outbreak In NYC Still Has No Idea How He Got It
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (JTA) - The attorney at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in the New York City area, said he he has no idea how he contracted the deadly virus.
Lawrence Ga...
Cuomo: Parts Of Upstate New York Ready To Reopen By Weekend
NEW YORK (AP) — Several regions of upstate New York that have shown progress in taming the coronavirus outbreak are ready to gradually restart economic activity by the end of the w...
UK U-Turns On Masks As Lockdown-Easing Steps Spark Confusion
LONDON (AP) — The British government performed an about-face on masks Monday, telling people to cover their mouth and nose in shops, buses and subway trains. The change came as par...
Watch: Festive Atmosphere At Meron Even Without People
MERON (VINnews) — Despite the fact that nobody except for a few journalists and the privileged quota of people will be allowed to enter the area of Rashbi's tomb for Lag Ba'Omer's ...
‘Get Out!’: Police Raid Zichron Moshe Shul, But Worshipers Return Later
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Despite the easing of the lockdown in Israel, with malls, parks and beaches opening over the last few days, shuls are still officially closed. Police raided t...
Rav Povarsky, Ponovezh Rosh Yeshiva: When A Child Hears ‘Don’t do This, Don’t Do That, He Rebels’
BNEI BRAK (VINnews) — In an edifying interview with Kikar Hashabat, Ponovezh Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Baruch Dov (Berel) Povarsky set out his views on how to educate children to grow in ...
Experts Worry CDC Is Sidelined In Coronavirus Response
NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has repeatedly found its suggestions for fighting the coronavirus outbreak taking a backseat to other concerns within...
UK’s Johnson Lays Out Road Map For Easing Virus Lockdown
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday outlined a “conditional plan” for reopening British society in the coming months, including the possible return to school ...
Pence, Task Force Members Isolate After Virus Exposure
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is self-isolating after an aide tested positive for the coronavirus last week, joining three of the nation's top scientists in taking pr...
Latin America’s Second-biggest Airline, Avianca, Driven To Bankruptcy By Coronavirus
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — One of Latin America's largest airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday in New York, saying the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated its busin...
Petition To Israeli Supreme Court: Closing Meron Harms Freedom Of Religion And Is Discriminatory
JEUSALEM (VINnews) — It was reported on Kikar Hashabat that a number of people and organizations had petitioned the Supreme Court against the Lag B'Omer closure on the area of Mero...
Helicopters, Airplanes Available For Meron Flights On Lag Ba’Omer After Site Closed To Public
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — With the ban on getting anywhere near Meron this week for Lag B'Omer, in addition to the ban all over the country on any bonfires, some enterprising helicopte...
Column: Will The New Coronavirus Kill Spitting In Sports?
NEW YORK (AP) - We come not to praise the loogie, but to bury it.
Already banned on sidewalks, outlawed indoors and pooh-poohed by polite society, that gob of saliva and Lord-kn...
US Virus Patients And Businesses Sue China Over Outbreak
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Before the coronavirus outbreak, Saundra Andringa-Meuer was a healthy 61-year-old mother of six who never smoked or drank alcohol. Then she became serio...
Amid Coronavirus News, Many Need To Step Away
NEW YORK (AP) — Heidi Van Roekel makes instructional art videos for YouTube when coronavirus news overwhelms her. Bill Webb takes his boat out. Stacy Mitchell searches her TV for s...
Cuomo: Hospitals Can’t Discharge Coronavirus Patients To Nursing Homes, Require Virus Testing For Staffers
NEW YORK (AP) - New York nursing homes must start twice-weekly coronavirus testing for all staffers and will no longer be sent COVID-19 patients leaving hospitals, Gov. Andrew Cuom...