Officials said concerned of outbreak during Passover holiday; daily cases on course to surpass 30,000 next week; first case of BA.3 Omicron strain identified in country

State to offer financial incentives to HMOs, which will contact those age 60-plus who have yet to receive three doses, deploy mobile clinics and offer at-home inoculations to some

13,603 new infections recorded as serious cases remain steady; Health Ministry director: We believe past Omicron infection protects against BA.2; Likud's Steinitz tests positive

Experts say Israel could be moving in same direction as UK, where cases are skyrocketing; BA.2 variant seen as main reason for surge in new cases

Employment Service says 163,800 Israelis out of work; at height of of pandemic, 24% of jobseekers unemployed

Health officials express concern ahead of Passover that serious cases will begin climbing, pointing to BA.2 subvariant and fewer precautions as promoting virus spread

Transmission rate climbs to 1.23 but serious cases still steady, amid fears of resurgent pandemic

Cases spreading fast in Omicron bellwether UK, where some 1 in 30 of people age 70-plus had virus in one week. Israel should be concerned — but has an edge in rules and vaccines

Daily new cases continue to hover around 7,000; serious cases appear to stabilize, with 326 hospitalized in severe condition and 133 connected to ventilators

Thursday saw nearly 7,000 new daily cases; meanwhile serious cases are in decline, with only 291 on Friday