Month March 2020
Following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Motzei Shabbos about the partial shutdown being imposed on Israel, the Health Ministry issued a new order on Sunday morning requiring all educational facilities including yeshivos gedolos and ketanos and kollelim to close… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The Israeli Health Ministry ordered the closure Sunday of all the men’s Mikves in Israel in order to prevent corona virus infection from spreading. The decision was taken after discussions between the director-generals of the Religious Affairs… Continue Reading →
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WASHINGTON (AP) — One day, President Donald Trump boasted of “smooth” coronavirus testing across the country. The next day, he pronounced the testing system inadequate, and assailed the public-health bureaucracy, Barack Obama and Joe Biden for not fixing it before… Continue Reading →
Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Chief Administrator Sue Fulton have announced that due to the COVID-19 outbreak and to protect the public, the MVC will extend expiration dates for driver licenses, registrations, and inspection stickers. Effective… Continue Reading →
TEL AVIV (VINnews) — In this video Israeli police can be seen forcibly arresting a local resident who violated his quarantine and refused to isolate himself. Police estimate that between 15 and 20% of people are not complying with quarantine… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. hospitals are setting up circus-like triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients. Depending… Continue Reading →
Austria announced major restrictions on movement in public places on Sunday, urging Austrians to self-isolate, banning gatherings of more than five persons and putting further limits on who can enter… Read more » The post Austria Announces Major Restrictions on… Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s announcement on Motzei Shabbos that Israel is beginning a partial shutdown beginning on Sunday for five weeks included a ban of gatherings of over 10 people. Furthermore, simcha halls, among other venues, were to be shuttered… Continue Reading →
MODIIN (VINnews) — Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau set a personal example of how to pray with a minyan in accordance with the new regulations which went into effect Saturday night prohibiting gatherings of more than 10 people together and… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — As schools closed throughout Israel due to government directives in the wake of the corona virus, Rabbi Chaim Kanievski and Rabbi Gershon Edelstein issued a directive to Yeshivas and Talmud Torahs to continue studying as normal and… Continue Reading →
The strictures put into place in recent days on social interaction are likely just the beginning, Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Simantov said in an interview Sunday. “We are facing… Read more » The post Health Official: Forecasts Show Coronavirus… Continue Reading →
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A Jerusalem district court announced on Sunday that it was postponing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial for two months because of restrictions arising from the outbreak of the coronavirus. Netanyahu was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday to… Continue Reading →
PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. government says a new rule disqualifying more people from green cards if they use government benefits will not apply to immigrants with coronavirus or virus symptoms if they seek care. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services… Continue Reading →
ASHDOD (VINnews) — Police raided a wedding taking place Sunday morning and dispersed the guests after new regulations took effect Saturday night prohibiting gatherings of over 10 people in one place. The new regulations also led many Shuls to split… Continue Reading →
Iran’s official leading the nation’s response to the new coronavirus acknowledged Sunday the pandemic could overwhelm health facilities in his country, which is battling the worst outbreak in the Mideast… Read more » The post Iran: Worsening Outbreak Could Strain… Continue Reading →
NEW YORK (AP) — Guests are jittery, travel is tangled, and soon-to-be brides and grooms are facing tough choices because of the coronavirus outbreak: postpone, cancel or forge ahead with their weddings? Uncertainty as virus cases grow in the U.S…. Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he had the power to fire or demote Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, adding new fuel to his long-running animus toward the central bank’s leader at a moment when the economy was… Continue Reading →