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More on China's Coronavirus cover up: https://www.
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And good acts of slaying the terrorist virus' continues:
Hezbollah commander assassinated in southern Lebanon
Younis was 'responsible for pursuing spies and collaborators.'
Hezbollah commander Ali Mohammed Younis was assassinated by unknown individuals in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to Iranian media.
Younis was "responsible for pursuing spies and collaborators," according to unofficial statements, the Iranian Fars news agency reported.
The Fars report included an image of a body lying next to an open vehicle.
According to the Lebanese MTV news, Hezbollah sources stated that Younis was found stabbed to death in his vehicle. Sputnik news added that he was found south of Nabatiyeh.
Video of a minaret announcing Younis's death in southern Lebanon was shared by the Iranian Tasnim news agency on their Twitter account.
According to Sputnik, Younis was a "close associate" of former IGRC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani.
A report by Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that a body was found on Saturday at the same location with stab and bullet wounds. The report included an image that appeared the same as the image published in the Iranian reports about Younis's death. A suspect has been arrested, according to NNA.
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah is expected to speak at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday. It is unclear what the subject of the speech will be.
Last year, former top Hezbollah official Ali Hatoum was found shot dead in his home near Bourj Al-Barajneh, near south Beirut, according to NNA.
Meanwhile:
Britain's Labour Party sees the light after four stinging electoral defeats and votes in a new leader who promises to rid the Party of it's anti-Semitic leadership and rank and file members.
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Salena Zito has been busy.
Coronavirus claims new victims: Places and pasts
BROTHERSVALLEY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania- “When we come out of this pandemic, no matter where we live, whether it's New York City or Newville, Pennsylvania, we will come out to a landscape and society that has changed forever.
That dry cleaner where you dropped your shirts off to be pressed every week may never open its doors again. The deli where you grabbed lunch every Friday won’t have that tuna melt you loved so much ready for you when you walk in the door.
The waitress who knew you by name has moved back home with her parents because she couldn't afford that apartment anymore, even when she shared it with three other girls.”
That dry cleaner where you dropped your shirts off to be pressed every week may never open its doors again. The deli where you grabbed lunch every Friday won’t have that tuna melt you loved so much ready for you when you walk in the door.
The waitress who knew you by name has moved back home with her parents because she couldn't afford that apartment anymore, even when she shared it with three other girls.”
Click here for the full story.
How one Pennsylvania hospital system is navigating the coronavirus
WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA — The Washington Health System in southwestern Pennsylvania has announced they are laying off healthcare staff due to several of their departments temporarily closing under the Gov. Tom Wolf's state mandate that halted elective surgeries and diagnostic procedures.
Those cessations closed many of their outpatient services and caused a drastic decrease in inpatient, emergency department, and outpatient service utilization at all of their hospitals and physician offices, according to Lawrence Pantuso, the vice president of strategy and clinical services at the Washington Health System.
“When the governor here in Pennsylvania declared there was an emergency, he had issued a mandate to stop all nonemergent, nonurgent surgical cases,” he told the Washington Examiner in an interview.
“Following those guidelines, we did, we spoke with all of our medical staff, patients who could wait to receive procedures that weren't in a life-threatening situation were triaged, and we had cases postponed,” he said.
Then came the domino effect.
Click here for the full story.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Ordman's Good News Israel (edited):
This week's newsletter contains many articles describing Israelis working inside labs and institutions to develop treatments, tests and protection to combat the coronavirus. Many others are working inside hospitals, ambulances and even hotels to save lives. Entrepreneurs and startups are building apps and services from inside their offices to help keep citizens all over the world informed, comfortable and busy inside their homes.
Best regards
Michael
Best regards
Michael
In the 5th Apr 20 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
- Major advances in Israeli coronavirus testing and treatment solutions
- Bio-filter sticker gives extra protection to surgical masks.
- Israelis have donated millions to combat coronavirus and help its victims.
- Israeli individuals and organizations are helping save lives in Italy.
- Israeli military factories are making ventilators, goggles and ambulance parts.
- Israel’s Emergency R&D Team leader led the team that built Iron Dome.
- Wildlife returns to Israel’s cities and airports.
- Recovered father & son MDA paramedics return to work.
ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Testing coronavirus treatment. As reported in the 22nd Mar newsletter, Israel’s Pluristem is developing a treatment for severe coronavirus patients. Latest news is that Pluristem has begun human testing in Israel.
https://www.jpost.com/health-
Treatment for ARDS. The US FDA has approved a Phase 2 compassionate care trial of Aviptadil by the US-Israeli biotech NeuroRx at Rambam Medical Center on coronavirus patients. Aviptadil combats coronavirus- triggered Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in the lungs, which is fatal in 50% of sufferers.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
UV light kills the coronavirus. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed a machine that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to kill viruses and bacteria on hospital surfaces. This will allow medical centers to speed up the sterilization of rooms (previously used chemicals) and make them ready for new patients.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
MyHeritage to perform coronavirus testing. Last week, Israeli genealogy company MyHeritage.com announced it is donating 66,000 swabs to boost Israel’s coronavirus testing efforts. Now it is building a COVID-19 testing lab (at its own expense) and will perform at least 10,000 tests a day from 9th April.
https://www.jpost.com/HEALTH-
Anti-viral sticker can transform surgical masks. The Galilee Medical Center is testing Maya - a 3D-printed sticker that Technion Professor Eyal Zussman has developed. When stuck on a surgical mask, it adds the extra layer of a biological filter. Its nanometric fibers are coated with disinfectants to effectively neutralize viruses.
https://www.calcalistech.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Israeli-Arab bus driver released from hospital. The bus driver (see 22 Mar) who caught the coronavirus from Greek tourists has now been released from hospital. The 38-year-old Israeli-Arab was the first person who required a ventilator in Israel to recover from the virus. He had been treated with Remdesivir.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
Sleep app offered free to boost immune system. As reported (here) Israel’s Dayzz and its app help diagnose sleep problems. Now Dayzz is offering the app free to organizations and individuals, in the hope it will boost immunity during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. Lack of sleep also increases anxiety levels (& vice-versa).
https://unitedwithisrael.org/
Special MDA ambulances to protect medics. (TY UWI) MDA has 50 ambulances that are sealed inside, to protect the driver and paramedics from being infected by coronavirus patients they are transporting to hospital. The only need to be in physical contact with the more serious cases, when they wear full protective suits.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
World’s first coronavirus psychiatric ward. (TY Hazel) Israel’s Sheba Medical Center has opened and tested the world’s first ward for coronavirus sufferers with psychiatric problems. It currently has 4 patients but has capacity for 16. The hospital is anticipating the future needs for Israel’s 3,500 psychiatric in-patients.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
ISRAEL IS INCLUSIVE AND GLOBAL
Adopt a doctor. (TY Jacques) Israel’s Adopt-A-Doctor initiative began mid-March and within 10 days over 1,300 volunteers adopted 550 medical professionals. Volunteers help make life a little easier by cooking or sending food to the medic during shifts or for arrival home, watching kids, shopping, walking pets, or donating.
http://israelbetweenthelines.
More philanthropists. Israeli businessmen have donated millions to Israeli organizations to help them save lives. E.g. NIS 10 million from businessmen Eyal Offer and $3 million from Yuri Milner to Sourasky, Sheba, Rambam, MDA, TAU and Leket. Meanwhile Israelis donated over NIS 1 million to 4-year-old orphaned twins.
https://nocamels.com/2020/03/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
Startup 3D-prints masks for hospitals. (TY I24 News) Israeli 3D printer firm, MAFIL Ltd. is 3D-printing hundreds of protective face masks and donating them to Israeli hospitals. Each mask takes one hour to print. They are also working in a government project to print parts for ventilators.
http://www.israelnationalnews.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Israeli farmers feed the poor. Israeli farmers have joined forces with charities and municipalities to ensure the poor receive nutritious food on a regular basis. Leket (who feed 175,000 underprivileged citizens) said farmers are donating high-quality produce - 250 tons a week more fruits and vegetables than we normally receive.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/
Testing for Israeli-Arab towns. (TY Hazel) Two of Israel’s health companies Clalit and Leumit are testing for coronavirus in Arab cities e.g. Nazareth and Umm al-Fahm, plus Shuafat and Beit Safafa in Jerusalem. A mobile testing facility is visiting Arab villages, to make testing more accessible in Arab communities.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
Arab-Israeli students rescued from Jordan. (TY Hazel) Some 200 Arab-Israeli students studying in Jordan were able to return to Israel thanks to the Israeli Embassy in Jordan and the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Jordan had closed its borders but approved Israel’s request to make a humanitarian exception for the students.
https://www.jpost.com/
More medical aid for the PA. The Israeli Government (praised by the UN) sent more medical equipment to the Palestinian Authority. They also sent respirators to Jerusalem’s Arab hospitals. 3,000 COVID-19 test kits and 50,000 masks came from the World Health Organization for medical teams working in the PA territories.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/
https://www.cufi.org.uk/news/
Israeli doctor saves lives in Italy. Israeli doctor Carmi Sheffer is on the front line of treating coronavirus patients at the University Hospital of Padua in Italy. When he returns to Israel, his knowledge will help save Israelis as well. It includes using scuba masks attached to ventilators and patients lying on their side.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
Stress support for Italians. Israeli humanitarian aid organization IsraAID is helping volunteers and medics responding to the coronavirus crisis in Italy. Working remotely with the Jewish community in Rome, they have built webinars on stress management, psychological first aid and community resilience.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/
Israeli app to help track infected Americans. Israel’s Shemuel Levinger and Israeli friends in the US are launching COVUNITY. The App tracks coronavirus cases, supplying crucial data to US authorities and its citizens to help them fight the outbreak.
https://www.jpost.com/
European countries to use Israeli coronavirus PR video. Italy’s Health Ministry has requested and has been given permission to use Israeli Health Ministry's "infection chain" publicity video. Georgia and Ukraine also were given permission to broadcast the video in their countries. It has been shown in Israel in 4 languages.
http://www.israelnationalnews.
https://nocamels.com/2020/03/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Beating swords into ploughshares. Israel Aerospace Industries, with help from Israeli medical device maker Inovytec has converted a missile production facility to mass produce ventilators. And (TY Hazel) the IDF has converted factories making tanks to refit ambulances and another to make protective goggles for medics.
https://www.ynetnews.com/
https://www.israelhayom.com/
Coronavirus advice Chatbot. Israel’s Hyro has developed an artificially intelligent conversation platform that produces web-based Q&A response programs to take the pressure off healthcare professionals. Hyro has also generated a free triage chatbot where customers of Healthcare organizations can check if they have COVID-19.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
One-stop shop for managing COVID-19. Israel’s Diagnostic Robotics has developed COVID360 - a “one-stop shop” digital platform for managing the coronavirus disease. The Israel’s Health Ministry and the four Israeli health care providers will roll-out the platform to every citizen to help reduce the spread of the virus.
https://jewishinsider.com/
Join a voice COVID-19 test project. Here is your opportunity to help develop a new test for coronavirus like the one that was reported here last week. This one, called Corona Voice Detect, is being developed by Israel’s Voca.ai (reported here previously) in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.
https://youtu.be/3Hx1CNn6YlY
More about the virtual personal trainer. (TY OurCrowd) Israel’s Kemtai was briefly mentioned in the last newsletter. Here is an interview on Israel’s i24 News with Kemtai’s CEO Mike Telem who discusses and demonstrates the virtual personal training app. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Emergency chief has good track record. The Head of Israel’s National Emergency Team to tackle the coronavirus pandemic is Brig Gen (reserves) Dr Daniel Gold, the head of Israel’s Defense R&D Directorate. He led the team that developed the Iron Dome defense system. He is the right person to lead this vital team.
https://www.calcalistech.com/
https://www.gov.il/en/
Working from home is “the business”. Six Israeli startups are featured here that offer online tools to make homeworking for business easier and more productive. Only Monday.com has been reported here previously.
https://www.calcalistech.com/
Reach Digital (contracts) https://reachhq.com/static/
Webcand (interviews) https://webcand.com/
Clone (AR/VR “teleporting” meetings) https://www.clone.space/
Chatway (IM & project mgmt.) https://www.chatway.com/
Connecteam (Mobile staff management) https://connecteam.com/
New railway signaling system. Israel Railways has used the closedown of its service to test the European Train Control System. ETCS controls and optimizes the speed of trains to safely synchronize with signaling.
https://www.
Developing new herbicides. AgPlenus (a subsidiary of Israel’s Evogene) is partnering with Corteva of the US to develop new herbicides. The two companies aim to address the rise of global weed resistance by optimizing several of AgPlenus' chemical families that have already been validated for herbicidal activity.
https://www.prnewswire.com/
Home alone for bees. Israel’s Beewise was briefly mentioned previously (here) but this article features much more detail. Beewise’s Beehome is an autonomous hive that can house up to 40 bee colonies (2 million bees). Health and upkeep of the bees is controlled through a simple app on the beekeeper’s phone or tablet.
https://www.israel21c.org/the-
ECONOMY & BUSINESS
Israel issues first 100-year bonds. As part of Israel’s economic rescue plan, the Finance Minister is selling $5 billion of bonds to international investors. It includes $1 billion of 100-year bonds – the longest dated bonds in Israel’s history. They won’t be unsold - they are underwritten by Barclays, Citibank, BofA and Goldman Sachs.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
Still seeking Israeli investment opportunities. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Israel-Colorado Innovation (ICI) Fund is actively looking for new investments in Israel. ICI Fund’s focus is IoT in agriculture, water, construction, industry 4.0, energy, and oil and gas. It hopes to soon close its fourth investment in Israel.
https://www.calcalistech.com/
Free delivery software for small businesses. Israeli startup Bringg (see here) already provides delivery management software for the likes of Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Walmart. Its version for small businesses has been launched early, due to coronavirus, and Bringg is offering it free to food and beverage companies.
https://www.calcalistech.com/
Businesses doing well during lockdown. (TY NoCamels) Nataly Yousef of Israel’s Pitango Venture Capital writes about 5 business areas that are currently thriving despite the coronavirus pandemic. They are Health & Wellness, Grocery Deliveries, Remote Learning, Remote Working apps and On-line Entertainment.https://medium.com/pitango/
THE JEWISH STATE
Helmsley Trust donates $11 million to aid Israel. The Helmsley Charitable Trust announced an emergency grant of $11 million. It will be used to set up COVID-19 wards in 7 Israeli hospitals and to transform Hasharon Hospital into a dedicated COVID-19 facility. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-
US Ambassador donates $50,000 to Israeli food bank. US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and his wife Tammy have donated $50,000 to Leket Israel, the country’s largest food aid organization. It isn’t the first time the ambassador has helped an Israeli food bank
https://unitedwithisrael.org/
Haredi community stamps out coronavirus. The 6,000-member Haredi community of Kiryat Yearim (Telz-Stone) was hit hard with coronavirus when an infected resident returned from France. Saving life is paramount, so the community enforced complete isolation on 2,000 residents. There are no recent cases.
https://en.globes.co.il/en/
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