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


Dutch Reform rabbi says COVID-19 policies remind her of Nazi Germany

Tamarah Benima, an outspoken 71-year-old Reform rabbi from Amsterdam, made the comparison on Thursday in a speech in the northern Dutch city of Leeuwarden.

AMSTERDAM CANAL: At about 2 meters below sea-level, the city is built on 11 million support poles

COVID-19: Health Ministry warns against travel to Russia, Turkey

Parents no longer need to isolate with young children who become infected with COVID-19.

 TRAVELERS WALK through Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this year.

Israel’s ‘Green Classroom’ COVID outline to start on Sunday

Students in green cities will no longer have to go into quarantine if one of their classmates catches COVID.

 Young Israeli students arrive for their first day of school after the holidays, at Gabrieli school, in Tel Aviv.  September 30, 2021.

Students who isolate are angry, violent and addicted to screens - survey

Children who are put into quarantine experience more outbursts of anger, expressions of violence, prolonged use of screens and reversal of sleep hours, according to a new survey.

 Children wearing face masks attend a class as students return to school after the summer break, less than a month into a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster drive, at Arazim Elementary School in Tel Aviv, Israel September 1, 2021

We need a better COVID strategy for children - analysis

Young people can’t shoulder the burden of COVID-19 by themselves forever.

 51. We have a great educational  system. Pictured: Arriving on the  first day of school, Sept. 1.

Getting divorced in Israel in the COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus didn’t just wreak havoc on relationships, it created new issues for couples already divorced and sharing custody. 

 Wedding bands (illustrative).

COVID: Only people jabbed in Israel are to be exempt from quarantine

Beginning Friday, regulations will ease for Israelis who had third jab, but they won’t apply to people inoculated outside the country.

Passengers in Ben-Gurion Airport amid ongoing coronavirus restrictions, Feb. 2021

International travel bookings spike after quarantine exemption announcement

Demand for flight tickets soared on Sunday after the Health Ministry announced that thrice-vaccinated returning passengers from abroad will not need to quarantine.

TRAVELERS CONVERGE at Ben-Gurion Airport late last month, as the skies begin to open up.

Quarantine tracking bracelet company to sue Israeli gov't for NIS 40 m.

Supercom, a tech company that manufactured devices used to track people in quarantine, sent a letter to the Health Ministry demanding NIS 40 million for "significant damage to [their] reputation."

Two travelers returning from aborad show off their electronic bracelets.

IDF to once again serve in hospital coronavirus wards as cases rise

Troops and a total of around 200 reservists will be deployed to 20 hospitals and seven geriatric hospitals.

The Alon Command Center