Health Ministry says majority of travelers who were infected came from 'safe' countries with low infection rates and only 14 arrived from blacklisted states that would require new arrivals to isolate; no significant rise in severe cases

Prof. Nachman Ash tells Ynet he thinks the government must take 'immediate steps' to curb the Delta strain and will recommend to coronavirus cabinet on Thursday bringing back a host of restrictions and expand list of 'high risk' countries

Prof. Ran Balicer, who heads panel of experts on pandemic, tells Ynet although the rise in new infections is not dramatic, if it continues it may become 'uncomfortable' for health system and economy, and 'very difficult' to stop

Hit Israeli TV show will be streamed on international Persian-language channel Manoto TV, potentially approximately 25 million Farsi speakers worldwide, including in Iran