Ministers on Sunday to consider easing more restrictions; only 4 cities now reporting more than 5 new cases daily; death toll at 225; number on ventilators down to 83.
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Israel – ”Leave our kids at home”: Cities defy government, won’t open most schools Sunday
Rebuffing cabinet decision, mayors say they’ve not had time to prepare and will only open when it is safe to do so; Education Ministry says openings will be staggered until Tuesday.
Hasidic leaders defend NY mayor and call on community to socially distance
Letters from two rival Satmar factions both highlight close ties between community and de Blasio, condemn outsiders who accused mayor of anti-Semitism in row over funeral.
Remdesivir approved for emergency use for Covid-19 treatment in US despite lackluster clinical trials
The antiviral drug Remdesivir has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use for Covid-19 treatment, despite mixed clinical results and lingering scientific questions.
Elon Musk: Coronavirus lockdowns are ‘fascist’
Tesla CEO slams lockdown orders as ‘forcible imprisonment’, calls anti-coronavirus measures unconstitutional.
Netanyahu invited to conference of leaders on coronavirus pandemic
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday spoke on the phone with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who called to invite the Prime Minister to attend a conference of leaders dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
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Macron warns life ‘won’t be back to normal’ as Covid-19 forces French to find new way of ‘social distance’ protest
France’s president has said that the national recovery would need to be ‘organized,’ in a speech at the Elysee Palace as the country celebrated a subdued Labor Day, while movement in the country remains tightly restricted.
New York to keep schools closed for remainder of academic year
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said all state schools including colleges would remain closed for the remainder of the academic year due to the coronavirus pandemic and directed schools to come up with a plan to reopen safely.
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New York City police break up another ultra-Orthodox funeral as crowds gather
1 arrested; 2 days after mayor’s warning to community, NYPD issues 10 summonses at 2 synagogues in South Williamsburg for chaining doors from the inside, social distancing rules.
Thousands of Israelis head to beaches, markets, flouting social distancing rules
Police see ‘significant weakening of discipline’ among public, warn they are still enforcing regulations with fines even as some restrictions lifted.
Le 1er mai, journée de lutte internationale des travailleurs.
”Ils sont en guerre contre nous”
Is It Time to Launch an Investigation Into the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Possible ‘Crimes Against Humanity’?
On October 18, 2019, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation hosted Event 201, an exercise that entailed a simulated outbreak of a coronavirus “transmitted from bats to people that eventually becomes…transmissible from person to person, leading to a severe pandemic.”
La première version de la carte du déconfinement
Le plan de déconfinement se précise. Une carte comprenant des départements verts ou rouges déterminera les modalités du retour à la normale dans chacun d’eux. Cette carte pourra évoluer chaque jour jusqu’au 7 mai, où elle sera «cristallisée».
Serbia eases lockdown this weekend despite health warnings
The Serbian government has decided to ease coronavirus lockdown measures this weekend despite warnings by doctors.
PM’s brother: ‘Stop taking visiting leaders to Yad Vashem first’
In Independence Day lecture, Dr. Iddo Netanyahu says visits are about national interests, not pity, and exposing anti-Semitism should not be focus of Israel’s overseas PR campaign.
Hundreds of self-employed rally in Tel Aviv
Small business owners, independent workers accuse officials of neglect as virus outbreak, restrictions crush economy.