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London film director who flew to Israel on private plane stages hunger strike to protest being quarantined in £240-a-night hotel at government’s expense Dekel Berenson, 41, said the Israeli government’s Covid response was ‘abysmal’ Israeli-born Berenson travelled from Cyprus where he said he had isolated for 11 months and insisted he should have been allowed … Read more
Stillborn baby whose mother had coronavirus likely died from Covid after being infected through the placenta, Israeli doctors say A 29-year-old woman arrived at the Assuta Hospital in Ashdod last weekend She tested positive for Covid and tests after birth revealed child also had virus It is the first known incident of its kind in … Read more
The fossilised tooth of a Neanderthal child found in a cave near Jerusalem could be proof our cousins made it into Africa as Cairo is just 400km away, study claims. Archaeologists from the Max Planck Institute re-examined the fossil record from Shuqba Cave – 28km northwest of Jerusalem – including a child’s tooth. The tooth was … Read more
Two doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is 94 per cent effective at stopping over-55s from falling unwell with the disease, according to a major study in Israel. The data of more than half a million people who received two shots of the jab found patients were also 92 per cent less likely to develop severe … Read more
Adults are more than twice as susceptible to coronavirus compared to children, a mathematical study has found. Inhabitants of 637 households in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak were tested for Covid-19 in 2020’s first wave and the data was inputted into a statistical model. It found children are 43 per cent as susceptible to Covid-19 … Read more
An experimental drug that may stop Covid symptoms in critically-ill patients in just two hours is set to enter phase three trials, Israeli scientists say. Results on Allocetra show all but two of 21 patients given the drug were discharged from hospitals six days after the trial, on average. No deaths were recorded. Covid patients … Read more
Britain will only begin to emerge from lockdown at the end of May, if it follows the Israeli roadmap for defeating coronavirus. Israel has started implementing a three-stage plan to exit draconian Covid restrictions – similar to the blueprint Boris Johnson is set to lay out on February 22. Israeli officials hope to let non-essential … Read more
Britain will only begin to emerge from lockdown at the end of May if it follows the Israeli roadmap for defeating coronavirus. Israel has started implementing a three-stage plan to exit Covid restrictions – similar to the blueprint Boris Johnson is set to lay out on February 22. Despite leading the world in the vaccine … Read more
A rapping alleged jihadist claimed the Prime Minister’s ‘treachery, stupidity and deceit’ would lead to riots and the fall of the West, the old Bailey heard today. Sahayb Abu bought an 18 inch gladiator-style sword, a combat vest, two balaclavas, fingerless gloves and a combat hat, jurors heard. The 27-year-old from Dagenham, East London, allegedly researched … Read more
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting coronavirus lockdown restrictions clashed with police officers in Jerusalem on Tuesday night. Rioters from the insulated community were pictured burning rubbish bins and reportedly threw stones at officers who responded by using water cannons and other heavy-handed tactics to disperse the crowd. In recent weeks, ultra-Orthodox Jews have defied coronavirus … Read more