On Sunday, a political-security cabinet meeting was scheduled to take place, but it was canceled because the National Security Adviser, the Foreign Affairs Minister, the Minister of Internal Security and others all have the coronavirus. This was reported by Kan News.

The director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, told Channel 13 News in an interview In Friday that next week is "critical" for his ministry in terms of estimating the number of COVID-19 patients in serious condition and the number of patients in serious condition who are connected to ECMO machines."If we see that the numbers are rising quickly, then we will have to seriously consider imposing a lockdown," said Ash.(Israel National News' North American desk is keeping you updated until the start of Shabbat in New York. The time posted automatically In all Israel National News articles, however, is Israeli time.)

40,430 new people verified with coronavirus were diagnosed yesterday in Israel after 319,572 tests were performed.The hospitals hold 306 patients in severe defined condition, of whom 76 are In respirators. The death toll from corona in Israel stands at 8,293 people.

The coefficient of infection decreased to 1.8, the rate of positive tests - 12.65%.

Israel Health Ministry set out to administer fourth shots, encouraging those at risk to go get their booster shot.According to the Ministry of Health over 500,000 people have received their fourth vaccine against the coronavirus, reported The Guardian.

PM Bennett: 'Thank you to those Israelis who got 4th dose of COVID vaccine and in so doing, help keep us all safer.'

The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the avian flu sweeping poultry farms in northern Israel has been brought under control. Cleanup and sterilization efforts are expected to last a further week.

Meretz's MK Mossi Raz plants trees near village which aided terrorists who perpetrated Itamar massacre.