Quarantine

CDC classifies hantavirus outbreak to 'level 3' of emergency activation

A "level 3" designation is standard at this stage and is the lowest CDC emergency activation level, with the agency actively monitoring the virus's progress.

 : A general view of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta
An ambulance boat carriying crew members wearing hazmat suits, returns to the port of Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, on May 5, 2026 after a visit to the cruise ship MV Hondius, while stationary off the harbour.

Regional leader of Spain's Canary Islands rejects hantavirus-hit cruise docking there

 Staff members install a sign reading "Nipah isolation ward, entry strictly prohibited" at a hospital where a ward is being prepared for suspected Nipah virus patients in Kozhikode district, Kerala, India, September 12, 2023.

Over 1,100 in quarantine after six cases of Nipah virus reported in India

Cruise ship Diamond Princess is seen anchored off the Yokohama Port, after ten people on the cruise liner have tested positive for coronavirus in Yokohama

Quarantine on the Diamond Princess affected staff more than passengers, study


Chief Sephardi rabbi allows music during 3 weeks for those in quarantine

Jews around the world follow mourning practices in the three weeks before Tisha Be’av, the day on which the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed.

SEPHARDI CHIEF Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef

IDF reopens facility in Ashkelon for soldiers sick with coronavirus

Total of 663 service members have been diagnosed with the virus; military says troops on furlough can't meet in groups of over 5 people

Israeli army Technicians carry out a diagnostic test for coronavirus in a IDF lab in central Israel on July 15, 2020.

GoBidud: A kindness revolution helping those in quarantine

Services offered include running errands, taking out people’s garbage, doing their shopping, delivering care packages to children.

MEIR ROTH: Opportunity to share and care

IDF's top doctor: Number of soldiers with coronavirus per day tripled

Brig.-Gen. Tarif Bader says most quarantined troops continue to carry out operational duty, albeit removed from healthy troops

IDF's chief medical officer Brig.-Gen. Tarif Bader.

Rivlin slams gov’t: Did not develop theory to fight coronavirus

Cabinet to declare red zones in nine cities • Gantz enters quarantine

President Reuven Rivlin attends the Knesset session in which the new government was presented

Jordan begins enforcing quarantine with electronic bracelets

Anyone arriving in Jordan must enter one of the quarantine hotels in the country for 14 days and then self-isolate for another 14 days at home.

A man wears a protective face mask as he walks along the main market in downtown after the government eased the restrictions on movement aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus in Amman, Jordan

Coronavirus: Israel on the precipice of a disaster

Because Israel does not randomly screen people, the country cannot easily and quickly enough identify and separate the infected people who are asymptomatic, so they continue to spread the disease.

‘THE SHOCK, trauma and carnage wrought by coronavirus should be cause for introspection and reflection in Israel about many things, foremost, our often tortuous relations with the Palestinians and the PA.’

‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ gives us a heartwarming take on mental illness

Rachel Bloom’s realistic portrayal of someone with mental health issues is a comfort for those struggling in this moment.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Gal Gadot violated quarantine after flying to Israel - report

Gadot's violation of quarantine drew attention, especially because of the strong stance she had taken against violating quarantine in previous occasions.

Gal Gadot stars as the fierce Amazon warrior princess out to save the world in ‘Wonder Woman'

American tourist instructed to leave Israel after violating quarantine

Landing in Israel on Friday morning, it appears that Korff violated the predetermined quarantine conditions by meeting his girlfriend, Israeli fashion model and actress Yael Shelbia.

An Israeli flag is seen on the first of Israel's El Al Airlines order of 16 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets, as it lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv