HEALTHCARE

Israel now has over 8,600 confirmed cases of Covid-19. The Histadrut is offering members subsidized loans.

Circumventing patents to combat Covid-19 is understandable but does not encourage innovation at a time when innovation is needed most, argue Adv. Ephraim Heiliczer and Dr. Tal Sines.

20 El Al flights as well as Israir and CAL cargo flights are bringing urgently-needed medical equipment to Israel to combat Covid-19.

The operation is in collaboration with five supermarket chains. The number of known coronavirus cases in Israel has risen above 8,000.

A record 819 people have tested positive for the virus over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reports.

The masks will be distributed to emergency services and frontline workers providing essential services.

ApiFix has developed a minimally invasive deformity correction system for non-fusion treatment of progressive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

620 more people have tested positive for coronavirus over the past 24 hours compared with 760 in the previous 24 hours.

The Litzmans were among 501 new Covid-19 cases diagnosed in Israel yesterday, bringing the number of confirmed virus cases up to 6,092.

The US Patent Trial and Appeal Board has rejected Eli Lilly's appeal against the validity of Teva's patents for its migraine treatment.

One ultra-Orthodox community near Jerusalem, at first badly hit by Covid-19, has been exemplary in stamping out the virus. "Globes" finds out how they did it.

OrthoSpin has completed initial clinical cases in the US and Israel with the FDA-cleared OrthoSpin Generation 1 system, which makes pre-programmed adjustments automatically.

The FDA is recommending controlled clinical trials for chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine to test the drugs' effectiveness in treating the virus.

83 patients with the disease are reported to be severely ill.

Assaf Harofe Hospital near Rishon Lezion announced today that a 58 year-old man had died of coronavirus making him the 16th fatality in the country.

Minister of Defense Naftali Bennett claims that the Health Ministry is unable to keep track of coronavirus patients.

Leading figures from the industry have set up a war room, and are importing medical equipment for hospitals.

Israeli experts tell "Globes" that the highly infectious coronavirus is a stubborn enemy and unlikely to disappear soon.

The company is developing a diagnostic and prognostic test, which it says can be put into action quickly.

There is speculation that the government will impose a complete lockdown until after the Passover holiday.

Former Health Ministry chief Prof. Yoram Lass says governments can't halt viruses and the lockdown will kill more people from depression than the virus.

In contrast to Israel's draconian measures to tackle the virus outbreak, the UK is taking a more libertarian approach.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree over most things but their approach to the virus crisis could not have been more different.

Ben Gurion University researcher Dr. Tomer Hertz says flu jabs, like vaccinations against childhood diseases, are a social act that helps prevent infecting others.