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March 24, 2020 at 10:54 am
Joint Arab List to choose chair of Knesset committee which handles rehab of injured IDF veterans and families devastated by Arab terror.
The Joint Arab List will choose the chairperson of the Knesset committee tasked with aiding terror victims, Israel Hayom reported.
The party, which includes terror supporters, has received authority over the management of the Knesset's Labor, Welfare, and Health Committee, which among other things deals with security issues regarding treatment for terror victims and IDF soldiers who were injured on the field.
Though the Joint Arab List only has two seats on the Committee, while Likud and Blue and White have four seats each, the Arab list has been allowed to choose the Committee's chairperson.
Israel Hayom noted that...
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March 24, 2020 at 10:48 am
An Arizona man has died and his wife is in critical condition after they both took the drug chloroquine phosphate, which is an ingredient found in fish tank cleaner. The additive is also found in an anti-malaria medication which has been touted as a treatment for coronavirus despite a lack of study on it or approval by federal health agencies.
The couple, both in their 60s, required immediate hospital assistance within 30 minutes of ingesting the drug, which is normally used at aquariums to clean fish tanks, according to Banner Health, which is headquartered in Arizona.
“Given the uncertainty around COVID-19, we understand that people are trying to find new ways to prevent or treat this virus, but self-medicating is not the way to do so,&rdqu...
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March 24, 2020 at 10:44 am
Michael Levitt, a Nobel laureate and Stanford biophysicist, began analyzing the number of COVID-19 cases worldwide in January and correctly calculated that China would get through the worst of its coronavirus outbreak long before many health experts had predicted.
Now he foresees a similar outcome in the United States and the rest of the world.
While many epidemiologists are warning of months, or even years, of massive social disruption and millions of deaths, Levitt says the data simply don't support such a dire scenario — especially in areas where reasonable social distancing measures are in place.
"What we need is to control the panic," he said. In the grand scheme, "we're going to be fine."
Here's what Levitt noticed in China: On Jan. 31, th...
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March 24, 2020 at 10:37 am
NEW YORK – As COVID-19 spreads throughout the country, Kosher Food Lifeline (KFL), a program of the Orthodox Union – the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, launched programs to combat the anticipated significant increase in food insecurity, especially for the Passover holiday.
With many airlines cancelling flights – especially flights to Israel – for the foreseeable future, there exists an abundance of available kosher meals. To avoid their going to waste, KFL arranged for Masbia, a nonprofit soup kitchen network and food pantry, to deliver these meals to those who need them.
Second, the organization launched a web resource on the KFL website (www.ou.org/kfl) to help match exc...
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March 24, 2020 at 10:34 am
General Questions
1. If my employer temporarily ceases operations due to COVID-19, preventing me from coming to work, am I eligible for benefits?If you are laid off temporarily due to a business shutdown as a result of COVID-19, the Division of Unemployment Insurance recommends that you file a claim for unemployment insurance. After you file a claim for unemployment insurance benefits, the Division of Unemployment Insurance will determine whether you qualify to receive unemployment insurance benefits. You can apply for unemployment insurance benefits online or by phone between 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at 410-949-0022 (within the Baltimore-metro area and out-of-state) or 800-827-4839 (from within Maryland).
2. If I am quarantined due to COVID-19 with the exp...
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March 24, 2020 at 10:31 am
LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - A key modelling study from Singapore has found that putting multiple social lockdowns in place - including school closures - will have the biggest impact on curbing COVID-19, the pandemic disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Quarantining infected people and their family members, closing schools, and imposing workplace distancing and homeworking can all limit the spread, the study found, but a combination of all three is most effective in reducing cases.
The global number of confirmed cases passed 377,000 across 194 countries and territories as of 0200 GMT on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, with more than 16,500 reported deaths.
Singapore, which according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) data had reported 455 confirmed cases of COVID-19 ...
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March 24, 2020 at 10:27 am
Second confirmed death from coronavirus recorded after woman with underlying condition passes away in the hospital.
A 67-year-old woman died from complications from the coronavirus Tuesday, Wolfson Hospital announced.
The woman had a serious underlying medical condition which was exacerbated by the virus and was hospitalized in the ICU with respiratory difficulties.
"Our intensive care team fought for her life with great dedication, but her condition deteriorated and despite the intensive care she passed away," the hospital said in a statement.
"We share in the grief of the family. They were notified by our social work teams." Read more at Arutz-7
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March 24, 2020 at 10:18 am
Mass layoffs, unpaid leave from work cause unemployment rate to climb to 18.6%. Situation is expected worsen.
In an update issued on Tuesday morning, the Israel Employment Service reported that 615,834 Israelis have registered as job seekers since the beginning of March. Around 91% of these new job seekers have been put on unpaid leave.
The unemployment rate has now climbed to 18.6% of the population. On Monday night alone, 31,146 people registered as seeking work.
Rami Graur, Director-General of the Employment Service stated: “On the one hand, there was a decrease in the number of people registering as job seekers yesterday as compared to the previous few weeks. However, we estimate that by Passover, we will reach a situation where around a million people are looking for jobs, ...
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March 24, 2020 at 10:14 am
Deputy Dir-Gen of Ministry tests positive for coronavirus, met with Hotovely and staff several times in recent days.
Diaspora Affairs Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) has been ordered into quarantine, along with her entire staff, after they were exposed to a coronavirus carrier.
Hotovely met with the Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs several times in recent days, and on Tuesday morning, after it became known that this official had tested positive for the virus, the Health Ministry ordered Hotovely and her entire staff to enter home quarantine.
The number of coronavirus patients in Israel currently stands at 1,656 people. So far, one person has died of the virus. 31 people are hospitalized in serious condition and another 47 are in moderate condition....
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March 24, 2020 at 10:06 am
PM Netanyahu calls on MK Gantz to form a unity government: 'Citizens of Israel want a government which will save their lives & livelihoods.'
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday morning called on Blue and White Chairman MK Benny Gantz to join a unity government.
"Benny Gantz, this is the moment of truth for leadership and national responsibility," Netanyahu tweeted. "The citizens of Israel need a unity government which will act to save their lives and livelihoods. This is not the time for fourth elections."
"We both know that the differences between us are small, and that they can be overcome to form a government. Let's meet now and form a government today. I'm waiting for you."
Earlier on Tuesday, Gantz spoke with ...
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March 24, 2020 at 9:45 am
The Dow was on track for its worst month since September 1931
U.S. equity markets surged Tuesday morning amid investor optimism that members of Congress will overcome their differences to reach a deal on a $1.6 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 1,079 points, or 5.8 percent, in the opening minutes of trading, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite gained 5.3 percent and 5.1 percent, respectively.
The early gains came after the major averages plunged Monday despite the Federal Reserve announcing it would buy unlimited amounts of assets to support the economy. Monday’s 3 percent drop left the Dow at a three-year low and on track for its worst month since September 1931, one of the earliest year...
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March 24, 2020 at 8:05 am
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he will issue an executive order requiring anyone flying into the state from New York, New Jersey, Washington, or California to undergo a “mandatory 14-day self-isolation” period in response to the coronavirus, The Orlando Sentinel reports. During a press conference, DeSantis said there were currently over “190 direct flights from the New York City area” to Florida, and he believed there was at least one positive case per flight.
The governor, however, said he would not be issuing a stay-at-home order despite the state having over 1,100 positive cases and over 14 deaths due to the virus. “A governor is not going to start imprisoning people just because they leave their house, so you’re going to have a lot of...
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March 24, 2020 at 8:03 am
If you want to get a test for the novel coronavirus, you're in good company.
"One of my sisters called me yesterday [and said], 'I have to have my daughter tested for coronavirus,'" New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a press briefing Wednesday.
The governor's niece had a fever and flu-like symptoms. Yet he told his sister "there's no reason for a test" since her daughter hadn't traveled to a coronavirus hot spot or been in contact with anyone who had tested positive for the virus.
Across the United States, physicians are sending the same message: Not everyone who wants a test will get a test.
"If we had all the resources in the world and could wave a magic wand, we would be happy to test these people, but they're not there, so I'm afraid w...
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March 24, 2020 at 7:58 am
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 24, 2020 - While Gov. Larry Hogan stopped short of enacting a shelter-in-place order, the new restriction closing all nonessential businesses is an effort to have Marylanders stay at home and practice social distancing.
Under the latest order, places like retail stores, hair salons and nail salons will have to close, while liquor stores, pharmacies, grocery stores, big box stores and other businesses are exempt.
At this time, restaurants and bars will remain open for takeout and delivery.
More and more people are ordering online deliveries to avoid going out to stores, but could those boxes unintentionally deliver the coronavirus right to doorsteps?
Packages and mail are handled by a lot of different people, many of whom you'll never even see. So during the pa...
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March 24, 2020 at 7:55 am
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 24, 2020 - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is thanking residents who have come forward to offer support and assistance during the coronavirus pandemic, and he shared options for residents to help.
The state relaunched its #MarylandUnites initiative to provide Marylanders with key resources during the coronavirus pandemic. Visit the initiative's website to find opportunities to help fellow Marylanders, as well as a comprehensive, A-to-Z resource guide on coronavirus.
The governor is also encouraging Marylanders to sign up for the Maryland Responds Reserve Medical Corps, which is recruiting active and retired health care professionals, medical students and other volunteers.
The governor said The Red Cross is in desperate need of blood donations. Hea...
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March 24, 2020 at 7:53 am
Owings Mills, MD - Mar. 24, 2020 - Business owners said it's going to be tough to shut down.
Gov. Larry Hogan, in announcing an even more aggressive attempt to quash the coronavirus pandemic, ordered all nonessential businesses to shut down by 5 p.m. Monday.
At Foundry Row in Owings Mills, salons were shutting down and a massage parlor already closed a while ago.
"This morning, I have enacted an executive order which closes all nonessential businesses, organizations, establishments and facilities in Maryland effective at 5 o'clock today," Hogan said Monday morning.
For Myrtle Kee, the announcement was expected. She just opened her salon, Personal Glamour, in January.
"Being self-employed, there's not a lot I can do, I just have to pray and ask God to keep me. If yo...
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March 24, 2020 at 7:50 am
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 24, 2020 - Baltimore-area leaders are sending a message that they are prepared to address concerns connected to the coronavirus pandemic.
Baltimore Mayor Jack Young, joined by major department heads Monday afternoon, addressed questions, concerns and rumors making the rounds.
The mayor said he supports Gov. Larry Hogan's order issued Monday to close nonessential businesses.
"This order helps protect our most vulnerable residents by limiting opportunities for the disease to spread," Young said.
The governor's announcement did not include a shelter-in-place requirement, but city officials are urging residents to remain home as much as possible to help limit contact and slow the transmission of the coronavirus.
In the city, a police Social Distancing T...
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March 24, 2020 at 7:46 am
Baltimore, MD - Mar. 24, 2020 - As part of the state's plan to combat the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Larry Hogan's team will be transforming the Baltimore Convention Center and the neighboring Hilton hotel into field hospitals.
The field hospitals are part of the governor's hospital-surge plan he announced Monday morning. He said there are currently 900 beds available, and he expects 1,400 more to come in the next month.
"Plans are underway as we speak to establish a field hospital at the Baltimore Convention Center as and an alternate care site and at the adjacent Hilton Hotel in Baltimore City," Hogan said.
The Maryland National Guard is working with the Army Corps of Engineers to turn the buildings into temporary medical facilities.
"These will be opera...
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March 24, 2020 at 12:21 am
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) – A prominent rosh yeshiva minced no words in a worldwide teleconference on the coronavirus outbreak, slamming the Jewish community for its misplaced priorities in both the financial and spiritual realms.
Both Rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler, rosh yeshiva of Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, and Rabbi Ephraim Wachsman, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Meor Yitzchok in Monsey offered words of inspiration and introspection during a Sunday night call in program arranged by the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation.
In his over an hour long address, Rabbi Wachsman spoke emotionally about the highly contagious virus that has brought the world to its knees, noting tearfully that in addition to taking lives it has shuttered shuls and yeshivos across the globe.
Drawing on th...
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March 23, 2020 at 11:13 pm
The latest:
- In the U.S., there are at least 42,000 cases across all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington D.C., and at least 515 have died from the virus, according to CNN.
- Officials in multiple states including New York, California, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, New Jersey, Michigan, Washington and Connecticut are ordering residents to stay at home.
- The U.S. National Guard has been activated in three of the hardest hit states: California, Washington and New York.
- Vice President Mike Pence and his wife tested negative for coronavirus on Saturday, while Sen. Rand Paul announced Sunday he had tested positive.
- The White House announced Monday that First Lady Melania Trump tested negative for the coronavirus.
President Donald Trump sai...
