The Ministry of Health said In Sunday evening that the death toll from coronavirus in Israel has risen to 2,800 people.

New York governor calls for probe of massive Hasidic wedding in Brooklyn, calling event 'shocking, totally deceitful'.

Syria"s President Bashar Al-Assad In Sunday named Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad to the post of Foreign Minister, The Associated Press reports.Mekdad replaces Walid Al-Muallem, who passed away at the age of 79 last week.

Germany could start administering shots of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next month, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Sunday, according to Reuters."There is reason to be optimistic that there will be approval for a vaccine in Europe this year. And then we can start right away," he was quoted as having said in an interview with publishing group RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.

An Israeli source reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew secretly to the city of Neom in Saudi Arabia yesterday and held a tripartite meeting with Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.Mossad chief Yossi Cohen accompanied Netanyahu In the trip.Click here for more

Rebbetzin Leah Koldetzky conveyed a message to the principals of Beit Yaakov In behalf of her father, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky."Principals and teachers must do everything possible to prevent the deterioration of Israeli girls and open up the study frameworks for all classrooms as carefully as possible."

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert In Sunday said that he would prefer that Jonathan Pollard not make Aliyah to Israel now that his parole has been terminated and the restrictions against him lifted.Speaking during the Maariv newspaper"s business summit, the former Prime Minister claimed that "this affair causes severe Ingoing damage to the State of Israel, and I recommend avoiding celebrations for Pollard if he decides to come to Israel."

Britain plans to announce a system under which for contacts of positive COVID-19 cases will no longer be required, The Telegraph reports. Instead, contacts of those who test positive will be asked to undergo daily tests for seven days, and allowed to go about their business in the meantime.As well as ending the self-isolation system, it could form part of an exit strategy from tiered restrictions. Poor Officials hope that people will be more likely to comply with quick tests that free them from restrictions, than to adhere to two-week quarantines.