ToI’s weekly COVID-19 update: He lost his mom but survived. Then came ’long COVID’ * UK’s virus rules separate Israel from Jerusalem * Work from home blighting startups?

[Times of Israel]( [Battling COVID: Weekly Update]( Tuesday, November 24, 2020 [He lost his mom but survived the virus. Now ‘long COVID’ is wrecking him again]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Shlomi Tova, 46, hoped for health on leaving the pain and isolation of virus ward, where adults ‘cry like babies,’ but he’s one of many crushed by seemingly unshakable aftereffects]( from the blogs [Audrey N. Glickman]( [Garlic, chicken soup, and common sense]( [I’m a Jewish mother. I think chicken soup cures all ills. But rapid testing, N-95 masks, contact tracing, and distancing do an even better job against COVID-19]( [Israel’s Hadassah vies to become a regional hub for Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [Jerusalem hospital turns cheerleader for ‘Sputnik V,’ sparking criticism from some experts; former vaccine assessor ‘unhappy’ at hospital potentially profiting off shots]( [Israel to receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as early as December – report]( By [TOI staff]( from the blogs [Joseph Gitler]( [Waste and want: Dumpsters overflow with the food poor Israelis can’t afford]( [If schoolkids learn that dumping food is wrong, they’ll bring that message home, discipline their families gently, and reform the country naturally, from within]( Analysis [Nathan Jeffay]( [Bucking widespread fear, experts say Israel not on the cusp of a 3rd COVID wave]( [The transmission rate has been rising but the full picture is less alarming than it seems, with outbreaks highly localized and most of the country ‘shining green’]( [Daily cases swell to highest level in a month as grades 5-6 return to class]( By [TOI staff]( [UK’s virus quarantine rules define Israel, Jerusalem as two different areas]( By [TOI staff]( [Foreign Office notes it doesn’t recognize Israeli sovereignty in capital and so uses separate categories for travel advice; Conservative Friends of Israel: Fix ‘offensive’ stance]( [With Israel’s morbidity down, UK no longer requires travelers to isolate]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [Health official warns COVID-19 ‘getting out of control’ in Gaza]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Number of confirmed cases in densely populated, Hamas-controlled enclave stands at 15,457, including 69 deaths]( [Amid virus crisis, Knesset unanimously votes to freeze pay raises for lawmakers]( By [TOI staff]( [Opposition leader Lapid calls automatic annual salary increase for Knesset members ‘scandalous,’ urges MKs to ‘strengthen public trust in the Knesset’]( [‘This is going nowhere’: Gantz, Netanyahu shout at each other at cabinet meeting]( By [Michael Bachner]( [Coronavirus cabinet approves plan to reopen schools in most areas]( By [TOI staff]( [After loan extended by COVID-19, South Korea returns art masterpieces to Israel]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Work from home raises productivity but may be blighting startup culture – survey]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Report paints dual picture as 87% of Israeli startups set up remote operations: Lower costs and a ‘flatter’ world of more opportunities, but teamwork, innovation, loyalty suffer]( [Amid shift to work-from-home, Microsoft inaugurates gigantic new Herzliya campus]( By [Shoshanna Solomon]( [Chicago Jewish community battered by 2nd wave of COVID is ‘pumping its brakes’]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Nixed by virus, annual gathering of Chabad rabbis becomes never-ending Zoom meet]( By [Shira Hanau]( [Unable to attend Hasidic movement’s yearly get-together due to coronavirus outbreak, emissaries from across the globe hold online session that continues for days and days]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2020 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved