Talk:COVID-19 pandemic in Israel

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Shalom,

Why can't you stupid fools stop spreading and catching Chinavirus. You have ruined my business and ruined my life and continue to ruin everyone's lives. Why can't you take off your shoes when you go home and immediately wash your hands and face. Why don't you dummies wear a simple mask when around people? What's wrong with you idiots? Don't you know about personal hygiene?

The page you are maintaining is highly informative "2020 coronavirus pandemic in Israel" (pl note that note Coronavirus and Pandemic are spelled with capital letters)

What would be very informative would be to breakdown the new case statistics into 2 categories: (1) for new cases which are people arrive from overseas. (It can be assumed that most of the cases currently reported are tourists or people coming back from overseas that are sick) (2) The number of new cases in Israel or in Palestine that were resident and did not come back from overseas

The number of new cases in Israel or in Palestine that were resident and did not come back from overseas is a very important number as it allows you to know whether the epidemic is spreading or under control.

If you are interested, JLM-BioCity is a forum of bioprofessionals in the Jerusalem area with plenty of ph.d.s in any area you want.

Best regards,

Joe van Zwaren

March 14 2020 Good.o.joe (talk) 18:47, 14 March 2020 (UTC)


 * I've created a table with cases divided by date and district. Please continue to added more known cases or direct me to good sources that publish daily numbers. Emailsson (talk) 15:00, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

WikiProject COVID-19
I've created WikiProject COVID-19 as a temporary or permanent WikiProject and invite editors to use this space for discussing ways to improve coverage of the ongoing 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. Please bring your ideas to the project/talk page. Stay safe, -- Another Believer ( Talk ) 17:25, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

Article layout
Is this really the best presentation, writing paragraph after paragraph in a timeline? At some point it will be pretty hard to read. Yoninah (talk) 22:52, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Let's make a list of subsections within the Timeline that we would like to have. How about: First cases, Government response, ???. Also, what new sections are missing? Segoldberg (talk) 11:38, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi,, sorry I couldn't get back so soon. I'm just looking at similar articles like 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States and seeing much better organization than a timeline. It would make sense to have broader categories like First cases, Government response, Economic impact, with subsections under the appropriate categories for the cell phone monitoring, travel restrictions, school closures, social distancing, etc. I think the United States article has a good outline in place. Yoninah (talk) 21:58, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok, I started. Also peeking at the Hebrew page to see what is missing. Segoldberg (talk) 19:05, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Is there any way to reduce the size of that chart in the middle of the page? Yoninah (talk) 19:30, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
 * There are only 3 allowed widths, we are at the widest. If narrower, the columns "split" - they carry over to the next date, with no label. I will see what's happening on other countries' pages. Segoldberg (talk) 21:02, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
 * For future reference: Increase the factor=3 to a higher value on the Template page . Done. Segoldberg (talk) 21:34, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

I'm opening an "Exit Strategy" section, since it is official.Segoldberg (talk) 20:08, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Statistics updates
See Template_talk:2019–20_coronavirus_pandemic_data/Israel_medical_cases — Preceding unsigned comment added by Conan (talk • contribs) 05:27, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

To all those updating the statistics, please do it in all 3 places: the infobox, the daily cases chart, and the Statistics section. Thanks. Segoldberg (talk) 21:19, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi - question: Ministry of Health (MOH) telegram has a graph updated 25/3 showing daily positive test results. I corrected daily cases chart according to that graph from MOH but summing those numbers results in different daily totals than what we have in the infobox or worldometers.info. Should I revert daily new cases so the cumulative sum matches daily totals in the infobox and if so what is our source for daily new cases? Rachelye (talk) 17:11, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I also noticed the discrepancy. The infobox has been following the official Israeli Telegram site, which unfortunately does not have the data in convenient format. I will look around for an official summary. I would distrust Worldmeters - per earlier discussion on the world pandemic page, they were adding some modelling in. I can't find the thread now, their talk page is very dynamic. Segoldberg (talk) 17:25, 28 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Also, I removed the Case Doubling Time because it is clearly off. The rate is not constant, so should be calculated over a few days only, not all-time data. The past 2 days should be showing something closer to 5, since 1.14^5.29 is approx. 2. Segoldberg (talk) 17:29, 28 March 2020 (UTC)


 * I would like to put this back, it's a very interesting graph that shows whether we are 'flattening the curve'. I could calculate it differently e.g. each day, calculating over the past doubling_time_days to get the updated doubling time. I'm aiming for something like this: China's doubling time https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KJBQ7GiyvFTBnSEEC/growth-rate-of-covid-19-outbreaks. Actually what is more interesting is doubling time per city - national average is doubling in 3 days while Bnei Brak is doubling every day. Unfortunately MOH not releasing info per city Rachelye (talk) 18:35, 28 March 2020 (UTC)


 * I think that would be ok, just state the parameters used (doubling_time_days=?) in the Notes section (or somewhere else) in the graph. Do you have a source for the Bnei Brak claim? Data for different cities would certainly be relevant to the statistics section. Segoldberg (talk) 19:17, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Just saw this . Segoldberg (talk) 19:24, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Source is Ha'aretz in Hebrew, has data on a bunch of cities comparing 3 day increase Monday to Thursday last week - but article is premium . Can that be used as a source? Rachelye (talk) 19:50, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Looks like its fine, see "non-English sources". Those interested can Google-translate the page. Segoldberg (talk) 21:50, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Paywall is also ok, though of course open sources are preferred. See "give the link even if access is restricted" Segoldberg (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 21:54, 28 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi, I noticed discrepancies between the infobox and the statistics and graphs sections. The infobox seems to have the official numbers while the other two possibly have non-final daily numbers published in the morning. In any case, numbers in all three locations should match. Also, in the infobox, 29/3/2020 should show an 11% increase not 17.185.175.33.246 (talk) 19:15, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Indeed. Can you point us to the correct source? Where did the infobox numbers come from? Segoldberg (talk) 19:19, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * The correct source would be the Israeli Ministry of Health social media, for example telegram here: https://t.me/s/MOHreport . Unfortunately I couldn't find a nice graph or table in the official pages, just individual reports, but these can be found in the Israeli news. For example see the graph in this article https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5703817,00.html (data updated directly from the ministry of health). 185.175.33.246 (talk) 19:55, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Can you point out a source for the 2020-03-28 number 3824 ? I am seeing 3619. If there is no source for these new numbers, we will revert. Segoldberg (talk) 19:58, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm, you're right, the graph I linked to seems to have different numbers than previous graphs i've seen. Sorry, will look for a better source. 185.175.33.246 (talk) 20:01, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * After looking into it I came to the conclusiton that the infobox has numbers that would fit nicely with a midnight count but I can't find a source for it. They're close to the 9am update numbers of the next day, slightly less. As I don't know who updates this I can't tell where they're taking the numbers from, but it does seem to be correct. 185.175.33.246 (talk) 20:19, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I think it is more than that - the very first cases' dates (for example, case 2) have been adjusted, perhaps to the date at which the test was taken (as opposed to the results obtained). But we need a source! Segoldberg (talk) 20:29, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
 * In the last week, MOH publishes a report *every night at 21:00*. Can we agree, going forward to use the numbers from this report? That report shows total cases from which we can subtract and get the new cases plus lots of other interesting info such as critical cases, ventilated, released from hospital.. that I am itching to graph. I would also like to graph deaths by categories: age, sex, pre-existing (y/n), old age home (y/n). All those numbers are true as of 21:00, it's a useful cutoff for us and furthermore the data for the graphs would be even more reliably and accurately sourced if we state that all the raw data is from MOH telegram report at 21:00. I see that the UK coronavirus page has a note saying when they update their data, looks very pro.Rachelye (talk) 08:27, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * MOH Telegram released a plot, corrected for the date the sample was collected (as opposed to date received). We need to correct our numbers. 77.124.65.9 (talk) 14:07, 31 March 2020 (UTC) Done, see figure. Segoldberg (talk) 14:20, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * People are still using worldometer, meanwhile worldometer has changed all their numbers, a 3.3% percent increase for April 6 makes little sense when worldometer lowered April 5 to 8,430 cases. The numbers here seriously need one consistent (unchanging) source. ZapafUg (talk) 04:55, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Here is the series starting 21/2/2020 and ending 30/3/2020, so you don't have to enter by hand. Cheers. Segoldberg (talk) 14:55, 31 March 2020 (UTC) 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 7 10 12 12 16 16 20 22 37 39 59 77 99 130 164 200 253 318 421 524 677 838 943 1207 1552 2000 2463 3011 3404 3824 4316 4782 minor error (16->15) corrected: 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 7 10 12 12 15 16 20 22 37 39 59 77 99 130 164 200 253 318 421 524 677 838 943 1207 1552 2000 2463 3011 3404 3824 4316 4782 Segoldberg (talk) 18:55, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Suggested Improvements, Additions


 * 1) Population per area (or city) - on the table where cases per states are reported, please add columns with: population per area or major cities (tbd a meaningful way to split); confirmed cases per million people in each state.
 * 2) Number of tests - per area and total.
 * 3) Manage English and Hebrew versions in sync -  shows more tables/data and Hebrew does not.  Is it at all practical to maintain both?  If maintaining both, should English be the origin for anything new and Hebrew be the translation?  (English available to more ppl across the globe, when Hebrew is easier for many ppl in Israel.  To consider.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arntgur (talk • contribs) 16:34, 30 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 4) MoH also released a CSV with a list of geneder, age, and location of the patients that passed. Make a chart? Most recent public link as per

Thanks
Very informative, helpful article. Just a thanks to the editors/contributor,  much appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.126.83.239 (talk) 21:43, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

A comment on the "Court freeze" section

The Hebrew version of this page describes the "Court freeze" in more detail:

"בשל חוסר ההסכמה ומתוקף הצורך בנקיטת צעדים מהירים לטיפול במגפה, פעילות ממשלת המעבר כנגד התפשטות הנגיף החלה ללא פיקוח של הכנסת וללא כינוס ועדות. בתוך כך, כלפי חלק מההחלטות כגון הקפאת פעילות בתי המשפט, הייתה ביקורת מצד האופוזיציה כי המניע לכך הוא פוליטי, בשל פרסומן בשעת לילה מאוחרת, לאחר סגירת גליונות העיתונים ואי הצגתן בהודעה היומית לציבור של ראש הממשלה. ההוראה עליה חתם שר המשפטים אמיר אוחנה הייתה בת תוקף של 24 שעות וניתנה יומיים לפני פתיחת המשפט בעניינו של נתניהו.[285] ההוראה התקבלה באישור היועץ המשפטי לממשלה. החלטה קבועה בשיתוף הנהלת בתי המשפט צפויה להתקבל גם כן. ב-21 במרץ הוציאה נשיאת בית המשפט העליון אסתר חיות הודעה כי בתי המשפט פועלים במתכונת חירום והצעדים התקבלו גם על דעתה."

With the added detail the Hebrew page seems to tell a different story than the short English version:

Court freeze On 15 March, Justice Minister Amir Ohana expanded his powers and announced that non-urgent court activity would be frozen. As a result, the corruption trial of Prime Minister Netanyahu was postponed from 17 March to 24 May. The Movement for Quality Government in Israel urged the Attorney General to stay the new regulations.[32]

I guess the problem is lack of English sources? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.176.40.87 (talk) 11:27, 9 June 2020 (UTC)


 * This is Wikipedia. Feel free to edit with Hebrew sources.79.180.250.54 (talk) 19:52, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Script for statistics updating
https://colab.research.google.com/drive/10Fm5n6_xaYUPhbLSth2i53poxcYrts5V You need to "File > Save a copy in Drive" if you want to make changes Netanelrevah (talk) 13:47, 31 March 2020 (UTC) Sorry the last one wasn't working now it should work Netanelrevah (talk) 13:47, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I've created python script on colab to calculate the statistics from the outbrake template data:


 * Thanks! Any quick way to change the numbers to the corrected ones published by MOH today? See file in talk section. Segoldberg (talk) 14:19, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Sure, I just have added a cell with an example. do you want to use the data on the picture? I can write a code the also created the graph data from the page start from data lists of deaths, recovered and cases


 * Here is the series: 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 7 10 12 12 16 16 20 22 37 39 59 77 99 130 164 200 253 318 421 524 677 838 943 1207 1552 2000 2463 3011 3404 3824 4316 4782   Segoldberg (talk) 18:34, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * minor error - 15 instead of 16. corrected series: 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 7 10 12 12 15 16 20 22 37 39 59 77 99 130 164 200 253 318 421 524 677 838 943 1207 1552 2000 2463 3011 3404 3824 4316 4782 Segoldberg (talk) 18:54, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok I updated the script by this list and updated the article by the script data. do we have validated series for the recovered data? Netanelrevah (talk) 20:04, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I have not seen changes in recovered data, I will look. (No expected changes in death reporting because the time of death should be well-documented, unlike new/recovered cases for which the time sample(s) is/are taken may differ from the time results are available.) Segoldberg (talk) 20:56, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Publicly Editable: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NvCzx5uSBTRU9yZ0VuxdVnIirYUp6VmB1CnKcr7kkrY/edit?usp=sharing KLdd15 (talk) 19:37, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I didn't see this python script, and anyway, this google sheets page seems simpler to execute: Plug in the total cases, deaths, and recoveries and it generates the table data.


 * The data on the page is different than what is published on the Telegram site. Does anyone know where the "real" numbers can be downloaded from?79.180.250.54 (talk) 19:54, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm unsure who's updating the numbers now, but notice that there's a difference between the number of positive results sampled during specific date and the number of positive results analized during a specific date. Our previous discussion concluded that the former should be used, whereas news websites and the daily MOF update report on the latter. Not sure what happens now, but at the time of the discussion the MOF published statistics by sampling date in retrospect in their Telegram site as Excel spreadsheets. 185.175.35.246 (talk) 06:10, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Gallery
Could someone reduce the size of the gallery images in the Social Distancing section to a normal size? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 21:08, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I tried to improve the images in the gallery. Is now a bit better, but I admit failure making this into a respectable gallery.
 * By the way, the first two images are more or less about the same thing, and the last two are almost identical. I think the fourth image should simply be removed. Debresser (talk) 22:32, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Removed. Yoninah (talk) 13:55, 1 April 2020 (UTC)

Wrong numbers or numbers without a source
I'm editing this article numbers according MOH telegram since start of the pandemic. I see now we have numbers without a source that the user Amitsz consists about them.

for example 13/4 cases. last MOH state was at 21:00 and the data was 11586 where the data of 11809 cases came from? what is the source? also for 12/4, last MOH state was at 21:00 and the data was 11154. why we should use 11223? what is the source of this number?

I'm not gonna enter battle here but stop make my edits i guess until understanding the correct source of the data.

Netanelrevah (talk) 11:41, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Got the source, thanks. Netanelrevah (talk) 11:53, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

East Jerusalem
Are the "EJ" cases reported at corona.ps included in the Israel figures? Selfstudier (talk) 11:12, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

compressing timeline in graphs?
would it be possible to compress the timeline in graphs? in a computer screen, the first appearance is that Covid-19 is mostly gone, the graph "ends" in late March. You need to manually slide it to current, and be scared :( . Moreover, another option would the that the default view be of the most recent data. I have no idea how to achieve either. I guess any solution to that would be valuable for every chart, thus the template, but editing those is waaaay above my paygrade Yama Plos   talk  14:30, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I found a workaround using the direction=rtl option, but do not know how to display the Y axis on both sides of the charts. Not sure if this is better.Segoldberg (talk) 16:28, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Uptick
I came to this article to confirm data I had seen that seemed that Israel had so far had one of the worst upticks. So I added that section, put it within the "Exit strategy" block, but I'm not too happy. Maybe this needs to be one level up? Would another editor that is more attuned with this article please re-arrange that? and "uptick", we say in conversation, don't know, there must e a more technical word? Thank you Yama Plos   talk  14:33, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * pinging as that editor seems to be our numbers person  Yama Plos   talk  14:36, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
 * If you have better information, or can correct, can you please correct and not just delete something that is important, and meaningful from an encyclopaedic point of view? The "uptick" in Israel is proportionally one of the worst in the world, though the way things are going in Texas right now, we might get that "honor" ourselves, sad. If you look at the tables provided in the reference that I included, you can find those numbers. Now, let's assume that I did the average wrong, that can be corrected! Just deleting the whole section because you don't like one number, that supposedly you know what "it is" the correct one, well, I don't get it. Yama Plos   talk  19:37, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I deleted it also because the source didn't contain that information. Debresser (talk) 23:48, 4 July 2020 (UTC)

I am starting a new section. Currently calling it "second period of restrictions" for lack of a better name. Feel free to edit.Segoldberg (talk) 15:43, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you, looks good. I am trying to figure out the right phrasing to indicate that by May, Covid-19 seemed to be under control in Israel, but then it jumped to worse than it had ever been before in March/April. Yama Plos   talk  20:58, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * In Israel this is not called an "uptick" rather a "second wave", which in view of its seriousness seems like the more appropriate term. Debresser (talk) 21:08, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

leading in active cases per population
I added Israel to the graph of most affected countries since it is leading with the most active cases per population within the world now. --Traut (talk) 10:13, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Data error?
The number of dead people at date 27.10.20 is -0.04. How can that number be negative? Has anyone resurrected or just a data error? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ויקיטכני (talk • contribs) 18:27, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Active cases is same as confirmed cases
The script got messed up. Active cases should be confirmed cases minus recovered. ויקיטכני (talk) 18:17, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Vaccines
Hi, I'm opening a new section discussing how Israel is obtaining and distributing COVID-19 vaccines. Segoldberg (talk) 08:34, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Can you also add a graph, perhaps a circle graph showing percentage of population vaccinated with the bar graphs at the bottom? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.67.29.106 (talk) 05:15, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Vaccine per day graph - shouldn't the y axis say 'Daily vaccines' not 'Daily tests'?
Shouldn't it say 'Daily vaccines' on the y axis not 'Daily tests'? HelperAnt (talk)

I changed it to that, hopefully is ok. HelperAnt (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 06:40, 1 January 2021 (UTC) 109.67.250.41 (talk) 21:00, 2 January 2021 (UTC)yes, thanks.

Third Wave
I think there should be some information added about the compliance of the different sectors of the population in regards to the lockdown. I'd add it but I'm not really sure what I would write and where in the third wave it would go. Idan (talk) 18:54, 31 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I agree, but it is not only related to the third wave, so I started a more general section for it one level up. I added some content, but more work is needed. Please edit, and make sure everything is well referenced. 132.69.194.121 (talk) 09:02, 8 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Nice section. It misses reasons for the high numbers of infection among the Haredi population (for Arab population reasons are provided), which are well explained in the "The Israel Democracy Institute" source. Debresser (talk) 10:40, 8 February 2021 (UTC)


 * I edited, but "The Israel Democracy Institute" source does not separate objective reasons which result in higher case number (e.g. crowded living conditions) from non-compliance (keeping yeshivot open), so editing was a bit tricky. 132.69.194.121 (talk) 10:59, 8 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Excellent edit. And edits. Thanks. Debresser (talk) 11:50, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

"Vaccines per day" chart - visibility and data
Is it possible to provide the chart's data (numerical) source in a table or csv format? The chart does not render very well.

thanks, baden k. 200.68.142.1 (talk) 23:38, 22 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Okay, it looks to be this:

https://datadashboard.health.gov.il/COVID-19/general?tileName=vaccinatedMeasurments,,

200.68.142.24 (talk) 01:04, 3 April 2021 (UTC) baden k.

Mask mandate abolished
Please see what you can add from this. Kailash29792 (talk)  18:58, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

post-3rd wave
I'm opening a new section because Israel seems to be past its so-called third wave. 79.180.251.65 (talk) 20:45, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

May 2 2021 update
Quick update for today:
 * Out of about 10,000 tests, 13 were found to be positive (0.1 percent positivity rate, lowest figure since May 23, 2020).


 * A total of 102 current COVID hospitalizations (peak was 1,200).


 * April death toll: first half of April = 119 deaths. Second half = 33 deaths.


 * Out of about 1,500 active COVID patients, 330 are in Jerusalem, 130 in Tel Aviv (the rest are not as significant, with the 3rd being Petah Tikva with 48 patients, etc.).


 * For the first time since the pandemic began, there are 0 (zero) persons sick with COVID in the IDF.


 * Vaccination drive seems just about done with the 1st dose round, with yesterday only about 400 1st dose vaccines having been administered, the lowest number since the vaccination effort began (with the exception of Day 1, where a few tens of VIPs, like the PM, etc., were vaccinated).

Ref: https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/H1A11MRoPu (Hebrew). El_C 12:41, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

June 6 2021 update
Vaccination for 12-16 yr-olds begins today. Also, with an average of 15 new cases per day during the past week, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced that, providing there isn't an escalation, the requirement to wear masks in indoor spaces will be lifted by June 15.

Ref: https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/BkOoNvq500 (Hebrew). El_C 22:27, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

June 23 update:

Following the airport shenanigans (see below), cases per day have risen to 150 (half of whom were vaccinated). If the average daily case load is to exceed 100 over the next week, indoor mask requirement will be reinstated, the PM said.

Ref: https://www.haaretz.co.il/health/corona/.premium-1.9935845 (Hebrew). El_C 14:31, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

June 25 update:

Mask requirement has gone into immediate effect today, so not all is lost... El_C 18:24, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Ref: https://news.walla.co.il/item/3444160 (Hebrew).

Israel's airport shenanigans (June 23 2021)

 * https://www.israelhayom.co.il/travel/article/2555421/ (Hebrew)

Subtitle reads: Thousands of Israelis are flying to restricted countries through 3rd countries. Upon their return, no one checks their passports. Ministry of Health: "the Police is responsible." Israeli Police: "the Immigration Admin is responsible." Immigration Admin: "the Ministry of Health is responsible."

Thus, the circle is complete. El_C 03:42, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

June 27 update:

Bennett appoints Aluf (ret.) Roni Numa as airport COVID chief.

Ref: https://www.inn.co.il/news/497055 (Hebrew). El_C 10:20, 27 June 2021 (UTC)

July 2 2021 update
Ministry of Health published new data today (Fri):


 * Out of ~350,000 airport travelers for the month of June, about 300 were infected (200 or so within 24 hours of arrival and about 100 up to 2 weeks later).


 * Most of the infected travelers came from Russia (where the vaccination rate remains at a worrying 15 percent ).


 * Despite infection rates having grown 15 times in 2 weeks, mortality and serious morbidity has remained minimal, with only one death reported in 3 weeks. About 50 are currently hospitalized, half of whom in serious condition, with less than 20 on ventilators. Yesterday's daily case count stood at about 300.


 * Vaccination figures stand at 5.6 mil 1st dose, 5.1 mil 2nd. Infection rate is now 0.5 percent, with the R rate being 1.54.

Refs: https://news.walla.co.il/item/3445461 and https://news.walla.co.il/item/3445556 (Hebrew). El_C 09:57, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Since the beginning of the pandemic, about 850,000 Israelis had contracted the disease, of which close to 6,500 died.

'''July 4 update:

Ministry of Health publishes data suggesting that, over the last 2 weeks, the Delta variant accounted for over 90 percent of infections, compared to only 60 percent for the 2 weeks prior.

Ref: https://www.haaretz.co.il/health/corona/.premium-1.9968338 (Hebrew). El_C 17:45, 4 July 2021 (UTC)

'''July 5 update:

Ministry of Health publishes data suggesting that, over the past month (versus the month prior), the vaccine's effectiveness in preventing infection has dropped from 94 to 64 percent. However, the effectiveness by which it prevents hospitalization has only dropped 5 percent, from 98 to 93 percent. As of last Fri, 55 percent of those infected were vaccinated.

Ref: https://www.calcalist.co.il/local_news/article/Syyvjbg600 (Hebrew). El_C 13:12, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

'''July 8 update:

Positivity rate climbs to 0.7 percent from 0.5, daily caseload to 500 from 300. First deaths in 3 weeks, a 48-year-old who was not vaccinated and an 86-year-old who was 2nd dose -vaccinated.

Ref: https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/bkd3jsep00 (Hebrew). El_C 12:03, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

'''July 13 update:

Positivity rate climbs to 1.25 percent, daily caseload now exceeds 700 (highest since March). Yet, hospitalization actually drops slightly to less than 50, while number of those on ventilators halved from 20 to 10, somehow. Also, a bit of controversy about Ministry of Health and Aman data not aligning (again).

Ref: https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hjrgn3c600 (Hebrew). El_C 07:30, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

'''July 17 update:

Positivity rate climbs to 1.6 percent, daily caseload now exceeds 1,000. Hospitalization nears 60, 16 of which on ventilators.

Ref: https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/health/.premium-1.10008453 (Hebrew). El_C 22:17, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

'''July 27 update:

Positivity rate climbs to 2.3 percent, daily caseload now exceeds 2,000. Hospitalization more than doubles from the week before to nearly 140.

Ref: https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/r1g67xa0d (Hebrew). El_C 13:23, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem submitted a report to the govt. today. In it, the effectiveness of the mRNA vaccine against the Delta variance has been downgraded to 80 percent for severe illness (from 93 percent) and to 90 percent for mortality (from I'm not sure what).

Ref: https://www.israelhayom.co.il/health/article/3645902/ (Hebrew). El_C 19:27, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

'''July 28 update:

Health Ministry Panel recommends 3rd "booster" shot for Israelis 60 and up.

Ref: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israeli-health-ministry-panel-recommends-third-covid-shot-for-older-people-1.10049085 (English). El_C 03:32, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

PM to decide later today whether to implement the health panel's recommendations on going ahead with a 3rd shot. Updated vaccination numbers: 5.77 million 1st dose, 5.34 million 2nd.

Ref: https://www.israelhayom.co.il/health/article/3679285/ (Hebrew). El_C 12:49, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

Ministry of Health director, Nachman Ash, tells the Kupot Holim to prepare to administer the 3rd shot by Sunday. Those 60 and over who received the 2nd dose over 5 months ago (which includes most of them) would be eligible. Those who contracted COVID after being vaccinated would not be.

Ref: https://www.haaretz.co.il/health/corona/.premium-1.10050425 (Hebrew). El_C 14:11, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

And... PM okays 3rd shot campaign. I'll just translate directly from the title and subtitle of the Arutz Sheva piece cited below. Title: Naftali Bennett: the 3rd shot campaign begins, will be given first to those 60 and up. Subtitle: President Herzog will be the first to receive the 3rd dose. PM in a statement: call your parents now and make sure they get the complementary vaccine soon.

Ref: https://www.inn.co.il/news/500613 (Hebrew). El_C 18:50, 29 July 2021 (UTC)


 * added to vaccinations section. 79.180.251.0 (talk) 19:50, 29 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Cool, thanks for helping, IP. El_C 21:40, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

'''July 30 update:

PM to Kupot Holim: the objective is to 3rd dose -vaccinate 1.5 million older folks within 8-10 days. Herzog and Netanyahu get 3rd dose today.

Ref: https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hjznukwyf (Hebrew). El_C 20:21, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Fourth wave
hi, i opened a fourth wave section due to the rising case numbers. i also added structure to the (rather wordy) page for easier navigation and clarity, using COVID-19 pandemic in the United_States as an example: there is now a Timeline section, with overarching topics (vaccinations, compliance) separated clearly from the timeline. this can be improved further, this is the place to discuss. 79.180.250.121 (talk) 20:29, 20 July 2021 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure that the one source warrants an entire new section about a fourth wave. Especially since the source doesn't call it a fourth wave. –– F ORMAL D UDE ( talk ) 20:34, 20 July 2021 (UTC)


 * added relevant references. there is definitely a fourth wave case-wise, and the term is being used (see if you are fluent in Hebrew). hopefully it will be a short and sweet section. 79.180.250.121 (talk) 21:13, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for adding another source. –– F ORMAL D UDE ( talk ) 22:13, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Agree. Fourth wave. Debresser (talk) 13:20, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

Disputed edit (20 July 2021)
Revision as of 20:18, 20 July 2021 by User:79.180.250.121.

See User Talk:Justiyaya for explanation of revert. –– F ORMAL D UDE ( talk ) 20:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)


 * understand and corrected. 79.180.250.121 (talk) 21:10, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

August 2021 update
Daily caseload now at over 3,800, positivity rate at 3.80 percent. Over 200 hospitalized, almost 50 on ventilators. Nearly 145,000 have been given the 3rd dose.

New measures, set to come into effect Aug 8, include extending the mask mandate to outdoor spaces and stricter international travel restrictions, along with a number of other restrictions and enhanced resources to enforce these. The government is said to have adopted all of the Health Ministry recommendations with this decision.

Refs: https://www.davar1.co.il/325278/ https://www.davar1.co.il/325069/ (Hebrew). El_C 23:49, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Aug 6 update:

No changes to daily caseload or positivity rate. Over 250 hospitalized, number of those on ventilators unchanged. 350,000 now been given 3rd dose. Updated vaccination numbers: 5.80 million given 1st dose, 5.39 million 2nd. El_C 16:17, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/325871/ (Hebrew). El_C 16:17, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Aug 10 update:

Daily caseload now at over 6,200, positivity rate at 4.84 percent. Almost 400 hospitalized, almost 65 on ventilators. Nearly 577,000 have been given the 3rd dose. New health measures to be announced soon.

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/326663/ (Hebrew). El_C 17:36, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Aug 12 update:

The Health Ministry's Vaccination Committee (link) recommends 3rd dose now be administered to ages 50 and up. Over 750,000 Israelis (60 and up) have now been given the 3rd dose.

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/327375/ (Hebrew). El_C 23:22, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Aug 16 update:

Daily caseload now at almost 7,200, positivity rate at 6.28 percent. Almost 900 have been hospitalized of which almost 530 in serious condition and almost 95 on ventilators. Over 200 had died so far this month. Over one million have now been given the 3rd dose in the 2 weeks since the campaign had been launched.

Ref: https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/bkrf0n00xf (Hebrew). El_C 21:16, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Aug 23 update:

Daily caseload down to less than 6,500, positivity rate remains about the same (6.31 percent). 670 hospitalized in serious condition, over 160 critically so, with almost 110 on ventilators. Over 350 have died in August thus far, bringing the total death toll to 6,830. R number said to be down to 1.14, not sure from what (last one I recall mentioned was 1.54, in the July 2 update above). Updated vaccination data: nearly 6 million 1st dose, nearly 5.5 million 2nd, nearly 1.5 million 3rd (with 100,000 3rd dose -vaccinated yesterday alone).

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/329531/ (Hebrew). El_C 12:04, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Aug 24 update:

Health Ministry announces that as of today, those aged 30 and older will now be eligible for the 3rd dose.

Ref: https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hy11lmifbk (Hebrew). El_C 18:06, 24 August 2021 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up, edited the Vaccine -> Distribution section. 109.67.251.174 (talk) 18:37, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Cool, appreciate it, IP (again). El_C 20:51, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Aug 26 update:

Daily caseload now at 8,800, positivity rate at 6.57 percent. Over 1,100 hospitalized, nearly 700 of whom in serious condition, and 135 on ventilators. Death toll now stands at 6,909. Nearly 1.8 million have now been given the 3rd dose.

Also, large scale study conducted in Israel titled "Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Setting" published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Ref: https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/sjzlo94zf https://www.davar1.co.il/330349/ (Hebrew). El_C 10:32, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Aug 27 update:

Another Hebrew University of Jerusalem report submitted to gov't. It estimates that, due to widespread 3rd dose'ing, the rate of hospitalization (mortality/morbidity) has been halted and will begin declining soon — the article's body says "by the second week of Sept," but its subtitle says "in the coming days." Daily caseload is projected to continue to rise by an additional 10 percent, however, with the start of the school year being a key factor. El_C 14:28, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/330676/ (Hebrew). El_C 14:28, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Aug 29 update:

Health Ministry announces that the 3rd dose will now be available to anyone, of any age, who had gotten the 2nd dose six months prior.

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/331157/ (Hebrew). El_C 14:49, 29 August 2021 (UTC)


 * added to Vaccines->Distrubution. 132.69.195.18 (talk) 10:56, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks yet again, IP. El_C 14:11, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

September update
State Comptroller of Israel Matanyahu Englman submits a scathing report criticizing the Netanyahu–Gantz government of serious lapses in their handling of the pandemic. El_C 13:52, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Ref: https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopolitics/article/4304602/ (Hebrew). El_C 13:52, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Sept 6 update:

Daily caseload rises to over 11,000 a few days ago, but researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem attribute that to a testing surge accompanying the start of the school year. Caution against lifting further restrictions.

Latest daily caseload now at 5,000, positivity rate at 5.75 percent. About 675 in serious condition, about 155 on ventilators. Also a few days ago, death toll surpasses 7,000, now at 	7,205.

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/332622/ (Hebrew). El_C 04:52, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Also, forgot to mention that on Aug 30, Roni Numa threatened to resign as Ben Gurion Airport's COVID commissioner due to his "decisions and recommendations not being implemented in practice" by the gov't.

Ref: https://www.kikar.co.il/400183.html (Hebrew). El_C 05:08, 6 September 2021 (UTC)

Sept 9 update:

Public hospitals strike ends after 12 days, during which these ran on an emergency basis, with thousands of appointments and surgeries postponed. These hospitals are: Hadassah Medical Center, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Laniado Hospital, Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center and the three hospitals in Nazareth. The action was over increasingly acute COVID -related deficits. A 960 million NS deal to be dispersed by the end of the year appears to have been reached, with the methods of allocation to be published by late Sept, also accompanied by an initial lump sum.

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/332733/ (Hebrew). El_C 13:14, 7 September 2021 (UTC)

Sept 11 update:

Daily caseload nears 10,000, positivity rate at 6.57 percent. Almost 700 hospitalized in serious condition, close to 200 on ventilators. Updated vaccination data: over 6 million first dose, over 5.5 million second, over 2.8 million third. Death toll now stands at 7,337.

Also, the police suspects that several tens of people who returned from the Uman pilgrimage had forged their COVID tests. They will face criminal charges, the PM said.

Ref: https://www.mivzaklive.co.il/archives/476540, https://www.davar1.co.il/333347/ (Hebrew). El_C 21:14, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

COVID-19 cases in Israel
How many of the actual cases are being vaccinated?
 * your question is not clear. Israelis who have recovered get one dose if they choose. are you asking specifically about the booster? 132.69.195.18 (talk) 10:55, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
 * No, I'm asking about how many of the cases have received at least one dose. Is it now a pandemic of the vaccinated?
 * Those vaccinated with 2 doses, with 2 doses + booster, and unvaccinated are all contributing to the positive cases, with the unvaccinated contributing the most. The actual numbers for each cohort are reported on the MOH dashboard . The total numbers of individuals in the 2-dose and booster cohorts also appear on the dashboard. You can calculate the number of unvaccinated by subtracting from the total population of Israel. I hope this answers your question. 109.67.250.71 (talk) 19:49, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

October update
Oct 7 update:

Long time, no update. https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/over-2500-medical-interns-quit-en-masse-amid-labor-dispute/ El_C 15:08, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

<Big>Oct 20 update:</Big>

Updating the above. Interns and Health Ministry reach an agreement that shortens hours, but some senior medical figures call it "populist," warning it risks increased mortality and morbidity.

Ref: https://www.israelhayom.co.il/health/article/5195037/ (Hebrew)

Latest data: over 1,100 daily cases, positivity rate at 1.28 percent. Almost 350 hospitalized in serious condition, over 150 on ventilators. Number of people given the third dose nears 4 million. Total death toll now stands at 8,029.

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/340321/ (Hebrew). El_C 07:09, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

<Big>Oct 27 update:</Big>

Indicators continue downward trend. Daily cases now below 730, positivity rate dips below one to 0.85 percent (lowest number since July 10). Patients hospitalized in serious condition now below 240 (lowest number since Aug 4), with less than 140 on ventilators. Total death toll now stands at 8,063.

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/341609/ (Hebrew). El_C 15:16, 27 October 2021 (UTC)

<Big>Oct 31 update:</Big>

The Lancet publishes a Clalit Health Services and Harvard University study showing that the 3rd dose reduces serious illness by over 90 percent and mortality by over 80 percent. Sample size: over 700,000 people.

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/342115/ (Hebrew).

Latest data: daily caseload down to 618, positivity rate down to 0.80 percent. Other indicators also continue downward trend. Total death toll now 8,085.

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/342244/ (Hebrew). El_C 11:29, 31 October 2021 (UTC)


 * The second dose was supposed to do that. That information is not very interesting, and even a bit misleading, since that is not the effect of the third dose, but the cumulative effect of all three doses. What would be interesting would be the comparison between what the second and third doses do. Debresser (talk) 20:38, 31 October 2021 (UTC)


 * That information is in this publication: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2114255 132.69.197.113 (talk) 15:23, 2 November 2021 (UTC)
 * For protection for other age groups this has appeared but has not yet been published. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.07.21264626v1.full 132.69.197.113 (talk) 15:25, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Remove chart or change it
The COVID-19 pandemic data/Israel medical cases chart shows just some small red stripe on the right and on the left, and has no information value in its present form. It should be removed or changed for it to show something that actually means something. I removed it twice, but it was restored with the non-argument that other articles also use similar charts. Debresser (talk) 23:09, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
 * i vote to leave it for now because it has additional functionality. examples: you can compare this past october to last, you see the actual number of active cases and deaths in the past 15 days, etc. i commented on the template page to request that the categories active/recovered/death be made toggle buttons for yes/no viewing (similar to the month toggle buttons) so that the large number of recovered cases does not "take over" the visual data. 132.69.198.79 (talk) 11:33, 28 November 2021 (UTC)

fifth wave - time to open section?
i have seen references to it 132.69.193.3 (talk) 11:13, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

5th wave: Omicron woes (Jan 2022)
PM says that "the gov't has completely lost control over the pandemic," cites prediction of 2-4 million infections for the 5th wave. Updated data : over 18,000 daily cases (obviously, these are the highest numbers in the pandemic's history); positivity rate at 9.5 percent; about 170 in serious condition, nearly 50 on ventilators; 6.6 million got 1st dose, 4.3 million 3rd; total number infected throughout the pandemic at 1.5 million; total deaths stand at 8,259 people.

Getting the sense that at this point the gov't is largely inclined to leave it to the almighty.

Refs: https://www.kikar.co.il/409602.html (Hebrew) https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/up-to-40-of-israelis-expected-to-get-covid-during-omicron-wave-bennett-warns-1.10525872 [not behind a paywall, can you believe it?] https://www.davar1.co.il/354239/ (Hebrew). El_C 18:57, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

<Big>Jan 11 update:</Big>

Second day in a row that daily cases have exceeded 30,000, today almost reaching 40,000 (thereby more than doubling the previous record of three days ago). One in 50 Israelis is now has COVID.

Ref: https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/article-692169 (English). El_C 10:27, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Unparalleled numbers
<Big>Jan 21 update:</Big>

Daily caseload nearly reaches 70,000, positivity rate exceeds 20 percent, R number 1.34. Almost 430,000 active patients, total infected since the beginning of COVID over 2 million. Over 600 in serious condition, almost 125 on ventilators. 58 deaths over the last week. Total deaths stand at 8,371 people.

Updated vaccine data: 1st dose 6.68 million, 2nd dose 6.05 million, 3rd dose 4.42 million, 4th dose 0.59 million.

Ref: https://www.davar1.co.il/356667/ (Hebrew). El_C 16:33, 21 January 2022 (UTC)