Iran In Saturday announced it would close its land borders with neighboring countries for 15 days to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Xinhua news agency reported.Ruhollah Latifi, spokesman for Iran's Customs, said Iran's land borders with Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Armenia would be closed for half a month starting Saturday.

Students in red zones in classes with a vaccination rate of less than 70% will begin distance learning as of tomorrow. At present, Inly Ma'ale Adumim and districts in Rishon Lezion are considered red zones. In orange zones, Inly grades 7-12 will use distance learning.

Friends of Yaniv Me'oded, injured in accident in Samaria, came to Beilinson Hospital to rejoice and dance around his bed.

There is an increase in child hospitalizations in New York and England as a result of Corona

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a South African Nobel Peace Prize winner known for his fight against the apartheid regime in his country, passed away at the age of 90.

Last night, the police arrested three Arabs from Silwan who last night threw Molotov cocktails at a building in East Jerusalem. There were no casualties in the incident and no damage was done.The arrested suspects were taken in for questioning, and today police are expected to ask the court to extend their detention.

The Ministry of Health updated that yesterday 760 verified corona cases were diagnosed, out of about 37,000 tests performed. The rate of those positive with corona is 2.07% - the highest since October.The coefficient of infection continues to rise and stands at 1.41. In the hospitals, 98 corona patients are hospitalized in critical condition, 39 of them are In respirators.

NIS 70 million budget for Ariel University to be converted into generalized budget for higher education.