Posts Tagged: COVID-19
After Covid-19 ‘Apocalypse,’ Popular Israeli Tech Job Board Reveals Surge in Open Positions
CTech - The Secret Tel Aviv Job Board, a popular platform used by Anglos and Israelis in Tel Aviv, primarily in the tech sector, has...
Why Israel Is Winning the Covid-19 Vaccination Race
Why is Israel, of all countries, so far ahead of the rest in terms of getting its population vaccinated against Covid-19? As I write, the University...
New York Times Hit New Lows in 2020 on Israel and Jews
“Good riddance” sentiment about 2020 is in plentiful supply. It was a year that many are glad to be done with. Beyond the obvious challenges,...
UK Reactivates Emergency COVID-19 Hospitals, Closes London Primary Schools
Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of...
Israel Marshals Supplies in Dash for Full Vaccination of At-Risk Groups
Israel is carefully husbanding supplies as it races to vaccinate all vulnerable citizens by late January and push for an early exit from the COVID-19...
US Vaccinations in 2020 Falling Far Short of Target of 20 Million People
Only about 2.6 million Americans had received a COVID-19 vaccine going into the last day of December, putting the United States far short of the...
US Congress Works on COVID Aid as Another Shutdown Threat Looms
The US Senate held a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans faced a midnight Sunday deadline to complete a $900 billion package of legislation...
UK Discusses Action After Confirmation New COVID Strain Spreads More Quickly
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discussing with his senior ministers on Saturday what urgent action to take after it was confirmed that a new...
Turkey in Weekend Lockdown with Coronavirus Cases at Record Highs
Turkey has entered its first full weekend lockdown since May as deaths from coronavirus more than doubled in less than three weeks to hit record...
Kuwaitis Go to Polls as Economy Poses Challenge for New Emir
Kuwaitis voted in legislative polls on Saturday with the Gulf state mired in its worst economic crisis in decades, which poses a challenge for the...
Iran’s Coronavirus Deaths Surpass 50,000 – Health Ministry
Iran's total deaths from coronavirus surpassed 50,000 on Saturday, with more than one million people infected, although transmission rates in the Middle East's worst-affected country...
Hamas Leader in Gaza Tests Positive for COVID-19
i24 News - Leader of the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, has tested positive for COVID-19, the group said in...
Times Bares Its Anti-Hasidic Bias in Covering COVID-Era Weddings
When is the religion of wedding guests worth reporting in the era of COVID-19? For the New York Times, only if it is Hasidic Jews getting...
CDC Reports 253,600 Deaths From Coronavirus
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Saturday reported 11,843,490 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 192,673 cases from its...
