The El Al company has announced that it will not be renewing any of its contracts at least until the end of August.In addition, its staff members have received an announcement that whoever has been sent unpaid leave will definitely not be returning to work until that date.

A staff member who worked in 25 separate preschools has been diagnosed with coronavirus.Hundreds of children and dozens of fellow staff members have now been ordered into isolation.

The Director-General of the Treasury, Keren Traner, has refused to comment the going controversy around the budget, with many voices calling for a two-year budget to be passed rather than e for just a single year."This is a political decision, not a professional e," she told Kan News.

MK Zvi Hauser has expressed the view that the six billion shekels the Prime Minister announced yesterday would be handed out to citizens would be better transferred to the Health Ministry, in order to fund preparations for the expected "second wave" of the coronavirus this winter."We are likely to be facing an unprecedented challenge this winter, with a combination of coronavirus and tens of thousands of people suffering from seasonal flu," he said. "This will severely tax the health system. It could even be compared to a meteor that we know is about to make a crash landing in another three months. We should be focusing that instead," he concluded.

The Prime Minister has invited several government ministers to an urgent meeting, to be held at half-past-eleven this morning.The ministers are expected to discuss the continued rise in coronavirus transmissions, and decide new regulations designed to curb the virus' spread.

Professor Zeev Rothstein, Director of Hadassah Hospital, was interviewed by 103 FM and asked for his opinion the Health Ministry's plan to draft new criteria for coronavirus testing."It could lead to a disaster if we cease to test asymptomatic people," he said.

EU’s External Action Service announces fifth agreement for land projects benefiting PA in Area C, bringing official total to €15.2 million.

The Central Bottling Company and Israel Beer Breweries, which produces the soft drink Prigat, has sent out a customer advisory that there could be an unpleasant taste in some bottles of Prigat's strawberry-banana drink.The bottles concerned are 1.5 liters with a best-before date of 18/12/2020, 19/12/2020, 17/06/2020, or 18/06/2020.Anyone who has bottles of drink from the above-mentioned dates is requested to contact the company's customer service at 1-800-335-522 to arrange for returning the bottles and receiving fresh supplies in compensation.