Coronavirus

20 stories about Coronavirus
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No Place Like Home: Prompted by Covid-19, Israelis Living Abroad Return to the Motherland

15.04.20|Diana Bahur-Nir
The friends. The family. The public health system. The sense of mutual accountability. Israelis living abroad tell Calcalist why the coronavirus crisis sent them packing and boarding a plane to the old country
מוסף שבועי 7.4.20 מיכל ברוורמן בלומנשטיק מנכלית מייקרוספט ישראל

Israel's Top Tech Woman Shares Four Insights on Change

14.04.20|Diana Bahur-Nir
A conversation with Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk, head of Microsoft Israel research and development and one of the world's leading women in tech, about the ability to undergo change in order to go the distance
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Three Israeli Sports Startups That Aren’t Letting the Pandemic Bench Them

14.04.20|Allon Sinai
From mental workouts for athletes to gamers who want to go pro, these homegrown startups are intent to jump over the Covid-19 hurdles
זיהום אוויר ב מפרץ חיפה

Israeli Air Quality Control Startup Urecsys Raises Additional $3 Million

14.04.20|Adi Pick
Urecsys develops air treatment technologies for optimizing air quality in residential and commercial buildings
מטה נטפליקס לוס גאטוס קליפורניה

Netflix to Compensate Israeli Production Team for Canceled Filming Days

14.04.20|Avior Abou
Some 200 of the production employees, permanent cast members, and guest stars of Netflix’s upcoming 10-part series Typhoon, received an email stating they will receive full payment for production days canceled due to Covid-19
שוק מחנה יהודה ירושלים ריק בזמן קורונה וירוס

Government Orders 2-Day Curfew For Holiday as Israeli Coronavirus Cases Near 12,000

14.04.20|Adi Pick
Israelis may not leave their communities, other than to buy food, medicine, or other essential products, from Tuesday evening to Thursday morning
מנהל שותף ב אנטרי קפיטל אביעד אייל

VC Entrée Capital Announces $100m Israel Focused Fund

14.04.20|Meir Orbach
The fund will target early-stage companies with Israeli founders across Israel, Europe, and the U.S., providing funding rounds from $500,000 to $5,000,000
קורונה שוק הכרמל תל אביב

OptimisTech: the Israeli Tech Sector Mobilizes to Help Fight Covid-19

13.04.20|CTech
Developing story: Israeli tech companies are supporting the fight against coronavirus with funds, medical equipment, and new technologies
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Technion Researchers Develop Technology to Treat Covid-19 Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

13.04.20|Adrian Filut
The team’s technology is known as Liquid Foam Therapy (LIFT), and is intended to improve the distribution of surfactant, the liquid that coats the surface of alveoli in the lungs
מתחם וויוורק תל אביב WeWork ריק מאדם בעקבות התפרצות סגר נגיף הקורונה קורונה

Will Coworking Spaces Survive Covid-19?

13.04.20|Dotan Levy
As the government guidelines began to decrease the possibility of working from offices, clients began asking their coworking space providers for discounts
גיא בלוך מנכל ברינג Bringg

Viola Slashed Value of its Startup, Bringg, Shortly Before Closing Investment

13.04.20|Meir Orbach
The overall value of the on-demand delivery company was significantly reduced by the VC as a condition to complete the deal which raised $30 million in a series D funding
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Walking Away From M&A Transactions Will Not Be an Easy Task Despite Covid-19 Circumstances

13.04.20|Sarit Moussayoff
Company buyers may seek to back out of deals, citing the “material adverse change” clause. However, exercising the clause requires buyers to prove that the crisis had a much greater impact on the target company than it did on the relevant industry as a whole and that will not be easy to do.
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Former Chief Rabbi Is Most Prominent Israeli to Succumb to Covid-19 As Death Toll Reaches 110

13.04.20|CTech
Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron was one of five people who died overnight and within the early hours of Monday morning
קורונה דונלד טראמפ הבית הלבן 22.3.20

Israeli Companies Can Cash In On $10 Million Check from Trump

13.04.20|Sophie Schulman
The U.S. government is helping employers meet their payroll obligations and any company with employees there can apply for a business loan with strong chances it becomes a grant
ג'רמי קלצ'קין סטארט אפ ניישן סנטרל VP Business at Startup Nation Central Jeremie Kletzkine

New Startup Nation Central and Health IL Website Showcases Israeli Companies Fighting Covid-19

12.04.20|CTech
The website also offers opportunities for cross-border collaborations, access to international grants, and insights and analyses by Israeli experts and entrepreneurs
מוסף שבועי 7.4.20 משמאל פסיכולוג הספורט גראהם בצ'ארט עם אחד המתאמנים שלו ארון גורדון כדורסלן

What Can Corona-Fighting Doctors Learn From Sports Psychology?

12.04.20|Ouriel Daskal
Hundreds of billions of dollars need to be invested in the emotional health of medical staff when the coronavirus pandemic ends. But right now, with the world outbreak not even at its peak, we need some sports psychologists in emergency rooms.
בדיקת קורונה תל אביב

Ben Gurion University, Simbionix Donate Lung Ultrasound Training Module

12.04.20|CTech
Simbionix provides simulation and training services for the medical industry
משה בר סימן טוב ו שי באב"ד

Back to Normal: Tech First, Culture Last

12.04.20|Omri Milman
Sectors with high productivity and employment, such as tech, commerce, and industry, will be the first to resume work, according to a new government report on Israel's Covid-19 exit strategy
קורונה נתיבי איילון סגר עוצר

Israel Expects Full Return to Work in Most Industries by May 30

12.04.20|Omri Milman and Adi Pick
The plan to jumpstart the economy was drafted by Israel’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, and Bank of Israel governor Amir Yaron, but still needs to gain approval by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in order to become official